The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s4: Analysis of Table IV

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That the first two signs in Col. IV are simple variants is suggested by a comparison of Nos. I & 2. That the 3rd and 4th signs are also variants is virtually certain from their shape. That the 6th and 7th are either variants of the above or at least allied is implied by the sequences of Nos. 5, 6, 7. That the 10th sign is a variant of the 5th and 6th is suggested by the sequence ☵ ☶ . The 8th and 9th are clearly variants of each other. The last sign has a sequence in common with the 6th. Regarding the 7th we can only note its shape and its initial position in favour of regarding it as a variant of the group 5-11 (cf. Col. IV). On the analogy of Tables I, II and VI we may accept this group as variants. On the same analogy we should be inclined to treat group 1-4 not as a variant of group 5-11 but as an allied syllable, or gunu variety.