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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JULY, 1902.
It would be interesting to trace the development of the lotus in these designs, the following dotted enlargements will give an idea thereof: -
*
B
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The mystic sign A shows the eight directions, while B shows the eight points of the compass produced by placing two squares, one above the other, with their planes crossing each other the squares representing Heaven and Earth. Among the animistic races who have no conception of the
" world above the straight square four corners of the globe,
in linear or dotted lines represents the
7. In Gujarat this emblem represents a pair of scales
, and
has found a place on the early coins of the Honourable East India Company. Is it used by the Banila or trader of the Pan Jab?
