Two signs of the latter table deserve special mention. The Proto-Indian sign that reads kon, "king", has been compared with the Proto-Chinese sign meaning "king". Now, independently of this comparison, the sign phonetically reads kon, "king", as we shall see presently.

The other sign , after being compared with the two corresponding Proto-Chinese signs, was found to mean "clouds" and was consequently read mukil. Now, reading this sign phonetically, we have arrived at the same reading mukil, as we have explained elsewhere.⁴

Two Proto-Indian signs have similar signs amongst the Egyptian hieroglyphs: in the Egyptian script means "to think". The same sign is found in the Mohenjo-Daro inscriptions and will consequently read eṇ, which means "to think", "to meditate", or "to calculate".'⁵ The Proto-Indian sign may very well be compared with the Egyptian meaning "life" and reading ankh. Hence it will read uir, which means life in Dravidian languages.

The Hittite script, not fully deciphered as yet, furnished us with a sign for comparison, This sign is also found in the Proto- Indian script. In the Hittite script it means "ruler" To express this idea in Dravidian, we use the word āḷva, which may even mean "king". Later I realized that this is a compound sign, and as such it reads mukililmakun, which means. "One who draws the house of

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⁴Cf Heras, "The Story of two Mohenjo-Daro Signs" pp. 1-3.

⁵This sign may have had a pictographic value of a very abstract idea. A thought is caused always by an impression or impressions from the outside world through the -senses. The sign seems to present a vessel into which a rod has been introduced. If our explanation is correct, it may point out the beginning of psychological studies in the ancient world.