Wonder that was Harappan civilisation

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Hindu Group

Publication details: The Hindu Group, 2022. Chennai:Description: 354p.; col. ill; hbk; 29cmISBN:

9789393875051

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DDC classification:

HIN 934

Online resources:

Prabhakar, V. N., “Sanauli wheels turn a circle”, in The wonder that was Harappan civilization, Chennai: The Hindu Group (THG) Publishing Private Limited, pp. 244-253, Aug. 2022, ISBN: 9789393875051.
Prabhakar, V. N., “The jewel in the crown of Dholavira”, in The wonder that was Harappan civilization, Chennai: The Hindu Group (THG) Publishing Private Limited, pp. 136-149, Aug. 2022, ISBN: 9789393875051.

Summary: Why are there many views but no consensus on what the pictographic and logo-syllabic seals convey? Why is that woman sitting on a tree branch? What is she signalling with her left hand to a tiger, standing on the ground? Why is the tiger’s head turned backwards? What do the signs of a script — a fish, a jar with two handles, two vertical strokes and so on — inscribed above the woman, seek to convey? How did the engraver accommodate all this within the cramped space of a seal, measuring, say 3 cm by 2.5 cm, found in a trench at Mohenjo-daro? https://www.thehindu.com/books/harappan-civilisation-indus-script-mystery/article65941236.ece

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	934 HIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	IITGN Authored Book		032131

Includes index and references

Why are there many views but no consensus on what the pictographic and logo-syllabic seals convey?
Why is that woman sitting on a tree branch? What is she signalling with her left hand to a tiger, standing on the ground? Why is the tiger’s head turned backwards? What do the signs of a script — a fish, a jar with two handles, two vertical strokes and so on — inscribed above the woman, seek to convey? How did the engraver accommodate all this within the cramped space of a seal, measuring, say 3 cm by 2.5 cm, found in a trench at Mohenjo-daro?

https://www.thehindu.com/books/harappan-civilisation-indus-script-mystery/article65941236.ece

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