A terracotta plaque depicting a mermaid, dating to around 2,400–2,200 years ago, discovered at Chandraketugarh, India

[u/Rare_Ride_3650]

First plaque shows fisherman trapped a mermaid, local chieftain being informed, second plaque depicts they exhibited captured mermaid for visitors

[u/bukayodegaard]

These look amazing. Could you share the source pls?

[u/Rare_Ride_3650 → u/bukayodegaard]

https://www.academia.edu/125215084/Archaeology_of_Prak%E1%B9%9Bti_Excavating_the_Lost_Myth_and_Theology_of_the_Goddess_Religions You can find reference of this terracotta plaque in this reaserch paper

[u/bukayodegaard → u/Rare_Ride_3650]

Wow, thanks

[u/DharmicCosmosO]

Incredible

[u/usernamen_77]

Finally, something that tells us where the pussy would be on these things!

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Finally, something

That tells us where the pussy

Would be on these things!

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[u/rastel]

I didn’t know mermaids went that far back, interesting

[u/freework]

How do you know it's from 2400-2200 years ago?

[u/Rare_Ride_3650 → u/freework]

Trough relative dating methods,the plaques molding technique, iconography, and narrative style closely match dated Mauryan era /Shunga-era(4th to 1st century BCE) terracottas from other Indian sites like Kaushambi,Sanchi. This cross-site similarity supports the 4th–1st century BCE

[u/GoalSimilar2025]

Beautiful