One of the hieroglyphs relates to rebus reading: sãgaṛh, 'fortification' (Meluhha). This veneration is also apparent in the Nahal Mishmar cire perdue bronze artifacts, many of which would have been carried in a procession, as was shown on a Mohenjo-daro tablet with the hieroglyphs of: lathe, one-horned young bull, scarf, (perhaps) spoked-wheel carried on standards (Inscribed Tablets m0490, m0491). This veneration is consistent with the Hindu tradition of veneration of ancestors as transmitters of knowledge systems. Considering that the semantics of kole.l (Kota language) connote a smithy as also a temple, the rebus renderings are both related to metalwork and also to a veneration of the homonymous hieroglyphic representations. A remarkable ligatured form which continues into historical periods of Hindu civilization is that of Ganapati with an elephant head/trunk ligatured to a human body, consistent with the artistic styles of ligaturing multiple animal body parts and also human faces ligatured to animal bodies to convey vivid and meaningful rebus readings of hieroglyhs connoted by these ligaturing components. Indus script corpora and many cognate Mesopotamian artifacts use ligatured forms to convey messages in the context of bronze-age artifices and trade. Ancient texts, starting from Rigveda present Ganapati in a form of worship or prayer.
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