Indian Palaeography c9.s5.9

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The wheel has four, six, or eight spokes, and sometimes shows what appears to be the axle hole (Pl. *Ib*. IV. 1). It is also found in combination, the most significant example of which is the wheeled vehicle (Pl. *Ib*. IV. 6). The bow has its arrow pointed upward, and it is often found in combination with a man. Another compound containing this symbol is Pl. *IIb*. VII. 6. To the water-sign is significantly attached a horn (Pl. *Ib*. IV. 15). The shrimping net, besides having strokes from 1 to 4, is found in combination with a man (Pl. *Ia*. III. 11). The hill-sign has significantly two or three peaks, or two or three internal strokes. The plant has 1–5 strokes, besides the arch-like sign; in Pl. *Ib*. VIII. 6, 7 there are ten strokes and in 8 we have eighteen.