The proof for reading the 'unicorn' is given below.
The etyma are from Marathi language.
खोंड khōṇḍa m A young bull, a bullcalf.
खोंड khōṇḍa खोंडा khōṇḍā m A variety of जोंधळा. खोंडें khōṇḍēṃ n A description of जोंधळा. It is grown in the hot weather on garden-land. There are varieties of जोंधळा jōndhaḷā m A cereal plant or its grain, Holcus sorghum. Eight varieties are reckoned, viz. उता- वळी, निळवा, शाळू, रातडी, पिवळा जोंधळा, खुंडी, काळबोंडी जोंधळा, दूध मोगरा. There are however many others as केळी, अरगडी, डुकरी, बेंदरी, मडगूप &c. The list includes खुंडी (variant pronunciation of खोंड khōṇḍa खोंडा khōṇḍā
खोंडा khōṇḍā m A कांबळा of which one end is formed into a cowl or hood.
The young bull is often shown with a खोंडा khōṇḍā m A कांबळा On this pectoral the pannier ofr कांबळा is vividly shown on the shoulder of the young bull.
Mohenjo-daro pectoral
The Mari procession shows the young bull carried on a flagpost which is a खोंड khōṇḍa खोंडा khōṇḍā m A variety of जोंधळा. See the picture.
Location of Mari on Euphrates river, Mesopotamia
Procession in Mari palace Zimri-Lim in the 18th century BCE. Marble plaque from Louvre MuseumSo, the young bull which is shown on thousands of inscriptions is खोंड khōṇḍa 'young bull' read rebus: kunda 'fine gold' (Marathi); kō̃da कोँद । कुलालादिकन्दुः f. a kiln; a potter's kiln (Rām. 1446; H. xi, 11); a brick-kiln (Śiv. 1033); a lime-kiln.(Kashmiri)
Thus, the young horned bull signifies a furnace.
The young bull is horned.
Santali gloss.
शृङ्गिन्् sriṅg-ín horned (V., C.); m. (C.) horned animal (Monier-Williams) शिंग śiṅga n (शृंग S) A horn. Pr. म्हशीचीं शिंगें म्हशीस जड नाहींत (Marathi) Rebus: singi 'ornament gold' Singī & singi (f.) [cp. Sk. śṛngī] 1. gold Vin i.38; S ii.234; J i.84.(Pali) शृङ्गिः śṛṅgiḥ शृङ्गिः Gold for ornaments (Skt. Apte)
Thus, the horned young bull is a composite signifier fine gold, ornament gold.
The pictorial motif is deciphered as a cargo fine gold and ornament gold by seafaring merchants of Meluhha (mleccha).
Almost all Indus Script inscriptions document wealth cargo of seafaring merchants of Meluhha (Bharat). Bharat itself is a word derived from and associated with metalwork.
भरती bharatī a Composed of the metal भरत. भरत bharata n A factitious metal compounded of copper, pewter, tin &c.भरताचेंभांडें bharatācē mbhāṇḍēṃ n A vessel made of the metal भरत.
The word which signifies an accounting ledger is खरडा kharaḍā This is signified by Sign 176
Sign 176 is like a currycomb. The sign signifies daybook of कुळकरणी kuḷakaraṇī m (कुल & कारणी S) An officer of a village under the पांटील. His business is to keep the accounts of the cultivators with Government and all the public records. The word karaṇī is the most frequently used word in the script. The sign is Sign 342
This sign reads: कर्णक m. (ifc. f(आ).) a prominence or handle or projection on the side or sides (of a vessel &c ) , a tendril S3Br. Ka1tyS3r. Rebus: कर्णिक a steersman (Skt.) कारणी or कारणीक kāraṇī or kāraṇīka a (कारण S) That causes, conducts, carries on, manages. Applied to the prime minister of a state, the supercargo of a ship &38;c. 2 Useful, serviceable, answering calls or occasions.(Marathi).
Artisans and seafaring merchants of Bharat created the Hindu civilization which evolved under śreṇi dharma of guilds to contribute 33% of world GDP in 1 Common Era. śreṇi dharma is a restatement of the dictum of ईशोपनिषद
शावास्यं इदं सर्वंयत्किञ्चजगत्यांजगत्।
तेनत्यक्तेनभुञ्जीथामागृधःकस्यस्विद्धनम्॥१॥
Meaning of ईशोपनिषद statement governed wealth-creation activities of Sarasvati Sindhu Civilization:
All this is for habitation by the Supreme Divinity. Whatsoever is individual universe of movement is the universal motion.
S. Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., D.Litt.
Sarasvati Research Centre