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Indus writing legacy

-- Punch-marked
glyphs
[Tree symbol (often on a platform) on punch-marked coins; a
symbol recurring on many tablets with Sarasvati
hieroglyhphs] (After Pl. 30 C in: Saita Sharma! "##0! $arly Indian
Sym%&ls! 'umismatic $idence! (elhi! Agam )ala Prakashan* cf.
Shah! +.P.! "#,-! Aspects of Jain Art and Architecture, p. ,,/.
0Pl.1! 2&cal 3ri%al c&in sym%&ls: +44ayini! 3ripuri! Ay&dhya! Alm&re!
Pa5n6ca5la! Ar4una5yana ("-3/! 7a54anya (3!8!1/! +ddehika! Audum%ara!
)un.inda! )uluta! 9r.s.n.i! :audheya! )s.atrapa! S;a5taa5hana<
Taurine symbol [!l "#$ on punch-marked$ local$ uninscribed cat
coins and local coins] 3he sym%&l is s& intense in alm&st all cultural
peri&ds and in a large num%er &f sites that the taurine sym%&l can %e
c&mpared with the m&st fre=uently &ccurring sign &f the SS9C inscri%ed
&%4ects: the >rimmed 4ar with a narr&w-neck; (kan.d.kanka ? c&pper furnace/.
0After Pl. "0 t& "3 in: Saita Sharma! "##0! Early Indian Symbols: Numismatic evidence!
(elhi! Agam )ala Prakashan<
0Pl. @! ': Sahet-Aahet punch-marked c&ins sym%&ls<
0Pl. 3! A!': Singaaran punch-marked c&in
sym%&ls<
Pl. -! A t& C! Amaraati punch-marked c&in
sym%&ls<
Pl. -! (! Punch-marked c&pper c&ins!
Aadhipur<
0Pl. -! $! +ninscri%ed cast c&ins<
0Pl. -! B! C! $ran punch-marked
l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl.-! D! Ahichhatra! punch-marked l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl.-! )! )ada! punch-marked l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl. -! 2! )anau4! punch-marked l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl. -! A! Aathura! punch-marked l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl. -! '! E! P! 3aFila! punch-marked l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl. 8! A! Shamiawala (2uckn&w Auseum/ +ttara Pa5n6ca5la Ahicchatra (3ype I/
punch-marked c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl.G!D t& P! Amaraati punch-marked c&in sym%&ls<
0Pl. -! h! I! )aus;a5m%i5 punch-marked l&cal c&in sym%&ls<
Aap &f Aetal 7es&urces and (istri%uti&n
'etw&rks (After Big. -.@0f! )en&yer! "##1/

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