The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s28.5

c10.s28.5

The signs in Tables XXXIV and XXXV are probably not of numerical origin. Since (a) it is unlikely on Sumerian or Proto-Elamite analogy that the digits were represented by single strokes exceeding 9 in number, (b) there are no intervening signs of 10 and 11 strokes, (c) the signs are not found in the normal numerical sequences, notably Y R. The pictographic origin of these signs is perhaps to be found in the ornamental design on the symbol [Figure:] (see Plate I). If this be so it is quite possible that the three signs in Col. IV of Tables XXXIV and XXXV should be regarded as simple variants.