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The Kanaga Sign
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2005-05-30 |
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146169 |
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The Kanaga sign is very common in Indus rock art. It can be interpreted as the symbol for a primordial God and a Lord of space and time with an astronomical meaning. In southern India, there are rock art signs that refer to the Sky and in particular to the Draco and Ursa Major constellations and to a Lord of space and time. Those rock art signs can therefore can be considered as a recorded data of ancient astronomical knowledge. They may have been used in the formation of linguistic communication and also as religious symbols.
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