The Indus Civilisation: life in Bronze Age South Asia
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Are the Indus Aristocracy Buried With Their Seals?
We don't know if it was maybe one per individual or specific motifs in different kinship groups. But what they're often square seals made of stone, like I said, and they feature elements of the Indus script,. symbols, and often animal motifs - mythical and real animals. The animals depicted include unicorns, bulls and elephants. And occasionally also things like rhinoceroses, gurials, which is a type of crocodile, and even scorpions. You can use it as a seal. We're around.
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