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August 15, 2017

August 15, 1947

Below some images of items in the Harappa Museum. We include them now to salute India's Independence Day.


First is a seal from Mohenjodaro.
It is described by someone as
"Figure grappling rampant tigers."






And then this terracotta feline from Harappa.





While these items are now in Pakistan, they must also be at the heart of Indian nationalism. The fact the theme above, of "rampant tigers," a motif also found on seals in Mesopotamia, stresses that cultural unity which is a bedrock fact.

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