The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c7.s1.36

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Another conclusion that may be drawn from these copper plaques is that the signs used in our inscriptions are independent of the accompanying animal design. Nearly all these coins have an animal design on the reverse, in some cases too indistinct to determine; but No. 30 has clearly an elephant, while No. 31 has something quite different. But their legends are identical. No. 43 has an animal looking like a reindeer, with three plants or trees at his feet; no. 44 shows a hare. Other designs, as far as I was able to discern them, are the bull⁴ (in 32, 33 the head is turned to look backwards towards the tail), a tiger⁵ and a goat.⁶ seals also witness to the mutual independence of the animal designs and the legend.