This is an explanatory note on the reading of a pair of spoked wheels as
arkaśāla 'goldsmith metal workshop'
Itihāsa. Dholavira signboard proclamation of agasāle, arkaśāla 'goldsmith metal workshop' https://tinyurl.com/y3qx66gc
It is clear that "hieroglyph on Indus Script Corpora signifies sal'splinter' rebus: sal'workshop' This word, sal, is a cognate of śāla 'workshop'. śāˊlā f. ʻ shed, stable, house ʼ AV., śālám adv. ʻ at home ʼ ŚBr., śālikā -- f. ʻ house, shop ʼ lex.Pa. Pk. sālā -- f. ʻ shed, stable, large open -- sided hall, house ʼ, Pk. sāla -- n. ʻ house ʼ; Ash. sal ʻ cattleshed ʼ, Wg. šāl, Kt. šål, Dm. šâl; Paš.weg. sāl, ar. šol ʻ cattleshed on summer pasture ʼ; Kho. šal ʻ cattleshed ʼ, š
The " also signifies duplication in the Indus Script writing system. Thus, I submit that a pair of spoked wheels
Sign 391 is an alternative way of signifying"(double inverted commas) which is read rebus: sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop'.It has been demonstrated that Sign 391 ![]()
is read rebus as: څرخ ṯs̱arḵẖ, s.m. (2nd) A wheel (particularly a potter's, or of a water-mill or well); arka'sun' rebus: arka'gold, copper'.
is read rebus as: څرخ ṯs̱arḵẖ, s.m. (2nd) A wheel (particularly a potter's, or of a water-mill or well); arka'sun' rebus: arka'gold, copper'. When the pair of Sign 391 is signified on an inscription, it is read in context as AN ALTERNATIVE (VIKALPA) REPRESENTATION of duplication signified by " (double inverted commas) which signifies sal'splinter' rebus: sal'workshop'. Together, the pair of Sign 391 are read as arka-sal (spoked wheel duplicated). The evidence of lexemes of Indian sprachbund, 'language union' provide examples of cognate pronunciations with the same semantics: agasāle, arkaśāla 'goldsmith metal workshop'
Thus, the proclamation of Dholavira signboard is a proclamation of the metallurgical competence of agaāle, arkaśāla 'goldsmith metal workshop':