Indus Valley Scripts – Lesson 9

C. Mathiazhagan

1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 Andit came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain inthe land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another,Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick forstone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us buildus a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make usa name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 Andthe Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of menbuilded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have allone language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrainedfrom them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, andthere confound their language, that they may not understand one another’sspeech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face ofall the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name ofit called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all theearth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of allthe earth.

– Genesis 11:1-9

In this lesson, we will examine the connection between the Indus ValleyTamils and Egypt, the two grand civilizations of the ancient world. In myview, Egypt was probably an early Dravidian culture which too was destroyedsometime after 200AD without any trace by the Aryans. Though I am notsure if their language was directly related to Tamil, there were lot of culturalcontacts. I will discuss the possible relationship between the Egyptian hi-eroglyphs and Tamil later in detail (this is still under investigation). First,we will discuss a specific example where we will identify the Egyptian Horusgod with the Indus Valley Shiva or mukkannan. Next, we will compare afew hieroglyphic signs related to astronomy and their corresponding possibly

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related IV signs.Now let us look at the IV symbol that can be identified as a bull’s

reproductive organ. It appears most often as , clearly meaning ���Por bull. It also appears both in Linear A as *7 (again probably meaning���P@a8 ñ� or Shiva) and in hieroglyphic version of Linear A as . Asimilar male symbol also appears frequently in Egypt, as hieroglyphic word

group <V . Interestingly, all these three symbols in the Egyptian hiero-

glyphic word translate to �� in Tamil (meaning raise, male and bull!). So,we can be confident that the sign means �� and it fits well (CL: sure).

Consider the following IV seals:.1) (37) ���P��a ñ8:@,/on the head of Orion or between Taurus horns!

2) (2366) ���P��a ñ8:Z ñhH�hp ñ�?/sun between Taurus horns!3) (2581 part) d ñ��a ñh���PX�ñ̀/one legged Taurus!

4) (227) �`X ñ��a ñ(* or �`�ar:X ñ�?/Orion pointer!5) (6085) � ñ��� ñ����?/publish in Sangam academy!

Therefore, we can see that the symbol fits well as ��. Now, if we comparethe IV seal and the Egyptian Dendera picture shown in Fig. 1, we can easilyidentify that Shiva is the Bull tamer (erumai kotti) and that he is also theHorus god taming the one legged Taurus in Egypt! The above third IV sealclearly talks about a one-legged bull and this theme appears in many timesin Egypt as in Fig. 2. Also note that: Horus = hora = hour = �`, meaningtime in Tamil. Shiva/Orion was also known as kaalan or time-keeper! Inter-

estingly, we also come across another word often in Egypt I , which nicely

translates to erumai kutthi in Tamil! According to ‘conventional’ Egyptol-ogy, this means something quite different though (king or victorious bull!).

The reverse side of the IV seal clearly shows Amman with puli or Virgo’shead, which is exactly in quadrature (90 deg.) with the reference point on thetop of Orion or Taurus horns (Fig. 3). The theme of moon or sun betweenthe Taurus horns or Shiva’s head appears in many of the ancient cultures.This Orion reference point was important, since the vernal equinox occurredhere in ca. 4000BC. The Pleiades was also another popular reference point

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and the vernal equinox in ca. 2000BC occurred here. Since the sky aroundthe sunset was too bright, the quadrature ecliptic star Regulus in Leo orHari was observed in the zenith to find this day. This is called ‘Hari padam’in Tamil and this theme can also be seen in Egypt, as in Fig. 4 and 5. Also,when this vernal equinox occurs, the third moon will appear on the top ofShiva’s head.

Fig. 6 shows Horus god and the Bull as depicted in ancient Egypt. Thispicture probably shows how to locate the reference point on the ecliptic onthe top of Orion. This was probably done by projecting the two stars in thetail of Draco or the Big Dipper (the Leg meat!). See Fig. 7. The meaningis not very clear to me and there are lot of wild theories abuzz in the Web.Note that the crocodile (or mookkan in Tamil) on the back of Draco is alsoportrayed in the IV seal. The Leg meat (or the Big Dipper) is tied to Draco,since it revolves around the Thuban (or Thubam kaatuthal in Tamil!) northpole star in Draco. All these themes can be seen in the Dendera Temple(2nd century BC) figure shown in Fig. 8. The Leg meat (karikaal ) and

Orion with a single stick (kamban or otha kamban ) appear as IV symbols

too! Their corresponding Egyptian hieroglyphs are 6 and 6. In fact,

the hieroglyph word A6 (occurs in the Rosseta stone!) can be translated

as ota kamban or Orion with crescent moon in Tamil. The crescent moonas a boat carrying various gods theme appears often in Egypt. Anotherpopular theme is the portrayal of ascending and descending snakes oftenin many ancient cultures, including the most ancient Gobliki Tepe culture(10,000BC). These nodes of moon are correctly named only Tamil as ��@a� ñPand �� ñ��@a� ñP! We will discuss these symbols in later lessons.

Questions

1) Kamban 6 means Orion/Shiva. Ra is well known in Egypt as the sun

god. Ayanam in Tamil means crossing of sun from north to south. So whatdo you think the word Kamba Ra ayanam/� ñPH`a�X� ñP could have meantoriginally!2) Degree or :b in Tamil means a graduated circular wheel! Why or howis this term still used for measuring angles in modern mathematics!3) In Fig. 9, why are there exactly 27 flames surrounding the time-keeperShiva or Orion!

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Figure 1: Identification of Orion/Shiva or erumai kotthi as Horus in Egypt.

Figure 2: oru kaal erumai or one-legged Taurus in Egypt.

(Note: most of these popular reference photos are found in the Web. UseGoogle image search to find their original sources.)c⃝2013 by C. Mathiazhagan

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Figure 3: Full moon or sun in quadrature with Amman with puli or Virgo’shead, as seen in the back side of the seal. The vernal equinox in 4000BCoccurred when sun is on the top Orion’s head or between the horns of Taurus!

Figure 4: Vernal equinox or Hari padam in Egypt.

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Figure 5: Vernal equinox sunset in 2000BC with Pleiades in quadrature withRegulus in the zenith. Around this time, Shiva will carry the third moon onhis head.

Figure 6: A picture in Egypt showing Horus, Taurus, Draco, Leo’s tail andVirgo’s head! This probably tells how to locate the reference point the topof Orion, using the pointer stars in Draco or the Big Dipper (the Leg!) Notethe quadrature point on the top of Virgo shows a new or full moon! Thecrocodile appears in the IV seal also.

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Figure 7: Pointers to the reference point on the top of Orion?. Note thatthe north pole in 3000BC is at Thuban or Thubam star! The brighter andpopular V adameen or Arunthathi in Kari kaal constellation is also shown.

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Figure 8: The popular Dendera Temple (ca. 200BC) constellation diagramshowing the ancient zodiac and other major constellations!

Figure 9: Why are there exactly 27 flames surrounding the time-keeperOrion/Shiva!

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