"Durga is a very old divinity known in prototype as Vac, the goddessof victory. Suggestive references can also be found to a similar goddess onIndus valley seals, and even among early Mesopotamian artifacts. There are also strong hints of a “Durga-like” presence in early Indus Valley settlements. The first known sculpture of Durga asMahishasuramardhini in Indian art dates from the first century BC. The same female power is also mentioned in the early Sangam literature from Tamilnadu, where she is named Kirravai. Again in these ancient sources, she is portrayed as the goddess who kills the buffalo demon Mahisaura. Durga is also very prominent in the famous stone carvings at w:MahabalipuramMahabalipuram, in Tamilnadu, where several sculpted representations of her appear. She has obviously been well integrated into the official iconographic traditions of South India by the mid-seventh century."
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In: Brenda Beck "Goddesses Who Dwell on Earth," p. 43-44
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