tell in brief describe. the seals the animals the Unicorn and Shiva Pashupati seals
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- A no.of seals have been found at Mesopotamia. IVC seals were made of Steatite soft stone.
- Seals were rectangular and square shaped.
- On the seals, animals and pictographic script were available.
- Pictographic script was used by IVC people.
- They wrote from left to right (the first line) and went right to left alternatively. This type of script is called as BOUSTROPHEDON script.
- Mesopotamian seals were cylindrical shaped. Mesopotamian script was called CUNEIFORM script ( like needles).
- Seals were used for trading and recognition.
- Some of the animals seals found include- the unicorn seal and the Majestic Humped bull seal
- Another iconic seal was the Pashupati Seal.
- Pashupati Mahadeva has 3 heads and two horns. He was surrounded by 4 animals - Elephant, Tiger, Buffalo and Rhinoceros.
- He sat on the throne with crossed legs( yogic posture ) and with half eyes closed.
- Two deers were close to his legs. There was no bull or cow on the seal.
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