Ammit the crocodile was an Egyptian demon, which devoured the heart of the dead person after ‘weighing of heart ceremony’. This shows the cultural influence of ancient Egypt on Indus Valley civilization. crocodile figure indicates ancient Egyptian goddess ‘Ammit’
Ammit the crocodile was an Egyptian demon, which devoured the heart of the dead person after ‘weighing of heart ceremony’. This shows the cultural influence of ancient Egypt on Indus Valley civilization. crocodile figure indicates ancient Egyptian goddess ‘Ammit’
Ammit the crocodile was an Egyptian demon, which devoured the heart of the dead person after ‘weighing of heart ceremony’. This shows the cultural influence of ancient Egypt on Indus Valley civilization. crocodile figure indicates ancient Egyptian goddess ‘Ammit’
Fetus symbol- indicates growing embryo and thereby suggests the transmigration of the soul. Abstract: In ancient Indus Valley civilization, many ceremonies were conducted to protect the growing embryo. The ‘Valaikappu’ (Bangle ceremony) was one such ceremony. The above-given symbol means the fetus symbol. Look at the shape of the logo; it looks like an aborted […]
Comb like symbol indicates the offering table
Fish and honeycomb symbol – combined form Figure 1: Honeycomb symbol in association with ‘fish symbol’. Seal Picture courtesy – (1) The above-given seal inscription shows a strong linkage between the fish symbol and the honeycomb symbol. The honeycomb symbol is drawn over the parenthesis sign itself, indicating the dead man’s soul has been transformed […]
Evidence of ‘Vedic Yajna’ in Indus seal inscriptions. These two symbols indicate the type of Yajna performed. The first symbol is the ‘Grihapathya Yajna’, and the second symbol is the ‘Smasana-cayana Yajna’. These two symbols always occur in combination with the logo. Which indicates that this combination yields some meaning, which is very specific and […]
‘Branch symbol’ indicates the word ‘Sastha.’ The above given two symbols indicate branches of a tree. The Sanskrit word ‘Zakhastha’ means ‘branch-sitting’ that is the god sitting on a branch. Further, it is likely that this word got distorted and being pronounced as ‘Sastha’ in Tamil Nadu and Kerala as on today. There were three […]
‘Ankush’ symbol indicates ceremony for controlling the ‘evil spirits’. This ‘Ankush’ symbol had been used in Indus Valley seal inscription, and the symbol is still in use in modern day Hindu mythology. Ankush indicates the weapon of God Ganesha. Most probably, the Indus priest could have used this symbol of ‘’Ankush’’ as a sign of […]