The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s32.1

c10.s32.1

All the signs in Col. IV are variants. The reversing of the sign in texts 25, 26, seems to be without significance. As we have seen the compound here is <||| . As ), > is normally preceded by a numeral, it is unlikely that < is anything but a simple variant of > . Indeed we need not suppose deliberate reversal, for a comparison of the form ⎨ , with ⎬ in Table XLIII suggests that ⎨ is the original form of which > and < are abbreviations made by taking the upper and lower portions of ⎨ respectively. It would further appear that ideographically 𐀀 , 𐀀 is but the doubling of 𐀀 , or that 𐀀 is the halving of 𐀀 .