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think Prof, Pran Nath was right to remark that "the names and symbols on plates annexed (IHO. viii, supl) would appear to dis close a connection between the old religious cults of the Hindus and Jainas with those of the Indus people......It is interesting to note that the Puranas and the Jaina religious books both assign high places to these gods (of the Indus people)."
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4. Mode of worship-There is nothing to show the mode of worship, which the people of Indus Valley observed. But, however, a certain vessel similar to those used in Jaina temples for Arati ceremony were found at Mohenjodaro, 1 which indicates that Indus people observed the Arati worship like Jainas.
5. Sacred Symbols-Mohenjodaro seals and tablets contains representations of the bull, buffalo, rhinoceras, tiger, elephant, crocodile, goat, svastika and tree. Animals portrayed on these seals, whether mythical or real, had some sacred or magical import in the eyes of their owners. Those are the very representations which are found on the images of the Tirthankara as their respective emblems **
6. Traditional Data-Details of the impressions on the Indus seals reveal the traditional data vogue among the people. Seal No. ! on plate cxvi, and 7 on pl. cxviii represent six nude human figures on the obverse in the upper register, standing in a row. A kneeling figure in the lower register holds a bladed object in one hand. A goat stands in front of the figures and a partly defaced tree in front of the goat There is a human figure in the centre of the tree. The same scene is found on the reverse. "The scene has been interpreted as showing a priest about to sacrifice a goat to a tree-spirit." But why the priest is hesitating? And what the six Yogis have to do with the scene? This has not been explained. I think the six nude human beings are Yogis of Rishabha cult, who proclaimed Ahimsa culture and are depicted in the impression to have influenced the priest, who is hesitating to sacrifice the goat. Such pictures are
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20. Indian Hist. Quarterly' Vol. VIII Supplement, pp.
21. Mohenjodaro, I, p. 69.
22. Ibid, p. 71.
23. Pratisthäsåroddhāra.
24. Law, Ind. Hist. Qrly. Vol.
