A door/cloth/ equipment/ornament with ashTa/agni/mangala/bha/subha/siva designs had a greater visual appeal than a plain one so that the seller was able to bargain for a higher price. These symbols serve as tools to stoma(praise/please) agni(king-the buyer/ customer is the king) of the product, thereby generating price rise. In the year 2016 I had uploaded the paper In that paper we had a basic introduction to the good luck/ auspicious symbol nature of the IVC symbols.Comparative study of the Dholavira sign board with the Sravana Bel Gola images gave futher support and proof to this idea. We are not surprised to find that vedic “mangalatraya/ ashTamangala” plays the key role in these inscriptions. But the fundamental nature of these symbols escaped the attention of thousands of scholars and researchers so far.This led to many strange conclusions about these symbols including their use as indicators of trade and wealth.In this paper we are trying to locate the fundamental nature of the symbols and their purpose. The Indus Valley Civilisation used hundreds of written symbols which have not been properly understood so far.Most of these symbols were later used all over India on pottery,copper plates,rocks ,textiles,furniture ,metallurgical products etc.

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