Ligatures in Sarasvati hieroglyphs (Indus script)

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Ligatures in Sarasvati hieroglyphs (Indus script)

 

 

 

The file with 45 slides can be found at

http://kalyan97.googlepages.com/LigaturedSarasvatihieroglyphs.pdf

 

 

 

Examples of the writing system are artistic representations of a

smith's/artisan's repertoire, in a smithy/mint.

 

 

 

Examples of continuity of the ligaturing artistic style are also overviewed,

affirming Huntington's observation: "There is a continuity of composite

creatures demonstrable in Indic culture since Kot Diji ca. 4000 BCE"

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Mriga (pair of deer or antelope) in Buddha sculptures compare with Harappan

period prototype of a pair of ibexes on the platform below a seated yogin

http://tinyurl.com/gonsh

 

 

 

The artistic style of ligaturing is one more affirmation of the Sarasvati

civilization as a continuum with parallels in Proto-elamite ligature of a

lady spinner. http://hindunet.org/saraswati/Elamspin.jpg Musee du Louvre.

Paris. An elegantly coiffed, exquisitely-dressed and well fanned Elamite

woman sits on a lion footed stool winding thread on a spindle. This

five-inch fragment is dated 8th century BC. It was molded and carved from a

mix of bitumen, ground calcite, and quartz. The Elamites used bitumen, a

naturally occurring mineral pitch, or asphalt, for vessels, sculpture, glue,

caulking, and waterproofing. http://www.oznet.net/iran/elamspin.htm