An Indo-Iranian Symbol of Power in the Earliest Steppe Kurgans

Journal of Indo-European Studies. — Volume 33, Number 3 & 4 — Fall/Winter 2005. — pp. 325-338. Excavations of a burial of the Yamnaya culture at Kutuluk have uncovered the remains of a large copper weapon analogous to both the later copper bar celts found in India and the vajra , the mythological weapon wielded by Indra. Journal of Indo-European Studies. — Volume 33, Number 3 & 4 — Fall/Winter 2005. — pp. 325-338.Excavations of a burial of the Yamnaya culture at Kutuluk have uncovered the remains of a large copper weapon analogous to both the later copper bar celts found in India and the __vajra__, the mythological weapon wielded by Indra.