The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s69.2

c10.s69.2

preceding in view of their common sequence 𐀀𐀂, initial. It can however hardly be regarded as a simple variant of it, if the number of internal strokes has any significance at all¹; and this, in the case of texts 1-12 and 13-21 seems clearly established from the evidence of the sequences. So then we may resume our argument by say, 𐀃 differs from 𐀄 in a manner we understand - viz. as other signs in 𐀅 differ from their relatives in 𐀆, and 𐀇 differs from both in a manner we at present do not understand, but assume to be phonetic.