What is Indus Script? Indus Script Inscriptions are wealth-accounting ledgers in Meluhha language cipher. There is an ancient Indian expression called Citragupta, lit. secret pictures. The writing system is also called Mlecchita vikalpa, i.e. Meluhha cipher, by Vatsyayana. This was an art among 64 arts learnt by youth. Seal impressions were used to authenticate trade transactions by impressing seals on packages. Many tablets are work-in-process documentation in workshops, smithy, forge, smelter, lapidary operations. There are over 8000 inscriptions. See details in Epigraphia Indus Script -- Hypertexts and Meanings, 3 vols. See conclusive evidence of Gardez VinAyaka with tiger cub hieroglyph. The tiger cub shown on Gardez Vināyaka reads: panja 'feline paw' rebus: panja 'kiln, furnace' PLUS पेटा pēṭā 'tiger cub' rebus: पेटा pēṭā smelter guild region of a town (and part of the phaḍa, paṭṭaḍa‘metals manufactory’).
Hieroglyph: पेटा pēṭā A cub of a tiger or lion.
Rebus: पेटा pēṭā m (पेट S through H Belly.) Sphere, compass, comprehension, including quality or power: e. g. that of the provincial or county town over the minor towns and villages, that of a key-fort over the circumjacent country, that of a person of authority over his subordinates. Ex. एका नगराच्या पेट्यांत शंभर गांव असतात; मोठ्या पुरुषास आमंत्रण केलें म्हणजे त्याच्या पेट्यांत लाहनसाहन येतात. 2 A division of country consisting of a number of small towns and villages; a subdivision of a परगणा or तालुका. See under देश. देश dēśa m (S) A country, a tract, a region. Under this word may be gathered, and exhibited in their gradations, the words देश, प्रांत, सुभा, पर- गणा, तालुका, जिल्हा, महाल, कसबा, पेटा, पुठा, मौजा, सम्मत, तरफ. देश & प्रांत are the most comprehensive.
Hieroglyph: पांडा pāṇḍā m (Esp. with वाघाचा preceding.) A tiger's cub, esp. as half-grown;पाडा pāḍā m A male calf.
Rebus: पाडा pāḍā A hamlet or a cluster of houses of agriculturists. 3 The gathering of tree-fruits. A ward or quarter of a town.Tiger cub shown on Gardez Vināyaka is rebus पेटा pēṭā smelter guild region of a town
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