Harappa Script Meluhha metalwork hypertext continuum into historical periods explained

Harappa Script Meluhha metalwork hypertext continuum into historical periods explained Ancient coin symbols yupa, flywhisk, mountain-range, crucible, zebu, elephant, bow-arrow which are signified on ancient coins of Bharat, are Harappa Script hieroglyphs. A number of examples were cited at the following URL as evidence for the continued use of Harappa Script hieroglyphs/hypertexts as signifiers of metalwork. The continuum is explained and elaborated in this addendum to: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2016/10/mintscoin-legends-of-ancientbharatam.html Mints/coin legends of ancient Bhāratam Janam: From Menander I to Krishnadeva Raya. Review of historical studies of Bharata.

Samudragupta, gold dinar, c. 335-375 CE Weight: 7.46 gm, Diameter: 21 mm. Sacrificial horse standing left, yupa (sacrificial post) before, circular Brāhmī legend around and si (for siddham) below horse / Queen standing left, holding towel in left hand, flywhisk in right over her shoulder needle before, Brāhmī legend at right: Ashvamedhaparākrama. Harappa Script hieroglyph continuum: Yupa, flywhisk

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Shapes of Yupa: A. Commemorative stone yupa, Isapur – from Vogel, 1910-11, plate 23; drawing based on Vedic texts – from Madeleine Biardeau, 1988, 108, fig. 1; cf. 1989, fig. 2); C. Miniature wooden yupa and caSAla from Vaidika Samsodana Mandala Museum of Vedic sacrificial utensils – from Dharmadhikari 1989, 70) (After Fig. 5 in Alf Hiltebeitel, 1988, The Cult of Draupadi, Vol. 2, Univ. of Chicago Press, p.22). http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2016/07/having-eight-corners-vedic-yupa-in_35.html Binjor octagonal brick as a skambha, pillar mēthí m. ʻ pillar in threshing floor to which oxen are fastened, prop for supporting carriage shafts ʼ AV. Rebus1 : medhā 'yajña, nidhi' rebus 2: meḍ 'iron, metal' (Ho. Munda). Binjor agnikunda with octagonal, अष्टाश्रि yūpa (ca. 2500 BCE). The tradition of Yupa to signify soma yaga continues in Hindu Vedic tradition. Read in the context of the Vedic tradition of Vajapeya as a सोमः [सू -मन् Uṇ.1.139]-संस्था a form of the Soma-sacrifice, the Binjor agnikunda evidences the performance of a Vajapeya yajna. Flywhisk The Spinner, Louvre Museum / department of Near East antiquities. A fragment of a relief 'The spinner' made of Bitumen mastic of Neo-Elamite period (8th cent. BCE - middle of 6th cent. BCE) was found in Susa. This fragment displayed a well-coiffured woman being fanned by an attendant while the woman wearing bangles on both arms -- seated on a stool with feline legs -held what may be a spinning device before a table with feline legs with a bowl containing a whole fish with six blobs assembled on top of the fish. A lady standing behind the seated spinner holds a winnowing fan (flywhisk parallel). kulya 'fly whisk' rebus: kol 'working in iron' kolhe 'smelter''. kulya n. ʻ receptacle for burnt bones of a corpse ʼ MBh., ʻ winnowing basket ʼ lex. [Prob. ← Drav.: see kulāˊya -- ]Pa. kulla -- m. ʻ raft of basket work, winnowing basket ʼ, °aka -- m. ʻ crate ʼ; Pk. kullaḍa -- n. ʻ packet ʼ; A. kulā ʻ winnowing fan, hood of a snake ʼ; B. kul, °lā ʻ winnowing basket or fan ʼ; Or.kulā ʻ winnowing fan ʼ, °lāi ʻ small do. ʼ; Si. kulla, st. kulu -- ʻ winnowing basket or fan ʼ.(CDIAL 3350) Rebus: kolle 'blacksmith' kol 'working in iron, blacksmith'. http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2015/09/spinner-kati-lady-rebus-khati.html Mountain-range, crucible

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Chastana, copper unit c. 78-130 CE Weight: 3.62 gm., Diam: 18-20 mm. Chaitya (3-arched hill), river below, blundered Greek legend around / sun and crescent moon, Brahmi legend around: @3h: Rajno Mahakshatrapa (Zamotikaputasa Chastanasa) http://coinindia.com/galleries-chastana.html Hieroglyph: dhanga 'mountain range' Rebus: dhangar 'blacksmith' koThAri 'crucible' Rebus: koThAri 'treasurer, warehouse' .

Proto-Elamite seal impressions, Susa. Seated bulls in penance posture. (After Amiet 1980: nos. 581, 582) Hieroglyph: kamaDha 'penance' (Prakritam) Rebus: kammaTTa 'coiner, mint' Hieroglyph: dhanga 'mountain range' Rebus: dhangar 'blacksmith' Hieroglyph: rango 'buffalo' Rebus: rango 'pewter' zebu

Jayadāman, potin unit Western Kshatrapas: Jayadāman, son of

Chastana c. early 2nd century CE Weight: 2.55 gm., Dim: 15 x 13 mm. Humped bull standing right, legend ? above / Chaitya (6-arched hill), river below, crescent moon and sun above, Brahmi legend around: Rajno (Kshatrapasa) Swami Jayadāmasa This coin type is normally described as being made of copper, but this example appears to be potin.

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A zebu bull tied to a post; a bird above. Large painted storage jar

discovered in burned rooms at Nausharo, ca. 2600 to 2500 BCE. Cf. Fig. 2.18, J.M. Kenoyer, 1998, Cat. No. 8.. पोळ [ pōḷa ] m A bull dedicated to the gods, marked with a trident and discus, and set at large. पोळी [ pōḷī ] dewlap. पोळा [ pōḷā ] 'zebu, bos indicus taurus' rebus: पोळा [ pōḷā ] 'magnetite, ferrite ore: Fe3O4' Pa. mēdhi -- f. ʻ post to tie cattle to, pillar, part of a stūpa ʼमेढ 'Stake or post' rebus: meD 'iron'. http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2016/08/hypertexts-of-indus-script-polazebu.html?view=timeslide http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2016/04/zebu-migrations-indus-script.html Elephant

Maues, AE hemi-obolIndo-Scythians: Maues "

Tell AsmarCylinder seal modern impression [elephant, rhinoceros and gharial (alligator) on the upper register] bibliography and image source: Frankfort, Henri: Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Oriental Institute Publications 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, no. 642. Museum Number: IM14674 3.4 cm. high. Glazed steatite. ca. 2250 - 2200 BCE. ibha 'elephant' Rebus: ib 'iron'.gaṇḍa, kāṇḍā 'rhinoceros' Rebus: khāṇḍa ‘tools, pots and pans, and metal-ware’. karā 'crocodile' Rebus: khar 'blacksmith' (Kashmiri) Alternative: ghariyal 'crocodile' karibha 'trunk of elephant' rebus: karb 'iron'. Tu. ajirda karba very hard iron; Ta. ayil iron. Ma. ayir, ayiram any ore. Ka. aduru native metal (DEDR 192) Tu. kari soot, charcoal; kariya black; karṅka state of being burnt or singed; karṅkāḍuni to burn (tr.); karñcuni to be burned to cinders;karñcāvuni to cause to burn to cinders; kardů black; karba iron; karvāvuni to burn the down of a fowl by holding it over the fire (DEDR 1278). खर्व (-र्व) a. [खर््व -अच्] N. of one of the treasures of Kubera (Samskritam) Bow and arrow

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Apollodotus II, AE hemi-chalkous or half unit(c. 80-65 BCE)

Weight: 1.16 gm. Dimensions: 15 x 14 mm. Die axis: 12h Humped bull standing right, within rectangular border Bow and arrow, within rectangular border Reference: MIG ---, Bop --Meluhha readings of Harappa (Indus) Script hieroglyphs/hypertexts: kamaḍha 'archer, bow' Rebus: kammaṭa 'mint, coiner'. Archer. Ligature one bow-and-arrow hieroglyph kamaḍha ‘archer, bow’ Rebus: kammaṭa ‘mint, coiner’. + kāṭi 'body stature; Rebus: fireplace trench. Thus, furnace for metals in mint. Sign 29 Archer. Ligature two bow-and-arrow hieroglyphs kamaḍha ‘archer, bow’ Rebus: kammaṭa ‘mint, coiner’. dula 'two' Rebu: dul 'cast metal'. Thus metal castings mint. + kāṭi 'body stature; Rebus: fireplace trench. Thus, furnace for metal castings in mint. http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2016/05/indus-script-hieroglyphs-karnaka-kanna.html S. Kalyanaraman Sarasvati Research Center October 24, 2016

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