The Shaivite interpretation of the Indus Valley Buffalo Sacrifice tablet

There is an absolutely new way to interpret the seals and tablets from the Indus Valley Civilization. After the absolute failure of so called “indologists” over the past hundreds of years to derive any meaning from the Indus Valley tablets, a new model is proposed. This model which is a story-based interpretation of the motifs which has never been attempted so far. I argue that the Buffalo Sacrifice tablet and other tablets acquire a totally new Dharmic meaning when interpreted as a recounting of famous Puranic stories. I have used the Puranic interpretation of Durga as a way to interpret the Buffalo Sacrifice tablet. Every figure on the tablet now acquires a new meaning. Shiva the Adi-Yogi, Durga, Mahishasura and Indra are revealed as the three mysterious figures in the tablet. This interpretation raises a question that challenges long held colonial biases of Indologists. Firstly, Puranic stories and Rig Vedic stories predate the Indus Valley Civilization. They may have emerged together and co-existed in an oral form before being written down in the Vedas and Puranas. Secondly, Shiva and Shakti were prominent deities worshipped in the Indus Valley. Thirdly, the Indus Valley Civilization was completely Hindu in character and essence.