Trefoil as an Indian hieroglyph: association with veneration of ancestors, sacredness (Kalyanaraman, 2012)

Thanks to Carlos Aramayo for the insights on links with Egyptian hieroglyphs. For a detailed discussion of Indian hieroglyphs from circa 3500 BCE, see: http://tinyurl.com/7rbcer2 

https://www.createspace.com/3727464 (Indian Hieroglyphs - Invention of Writing, S. Kalyanaraman, 2012).
See also: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2012/01/indian-hieroglyphs-invention-of-writing.html

Hieroglyph (Greek for "sacred carving") or hieroglyphics (τὰ ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα]). Sacredness connoted by the temple-priest explains the occurrence of the trefoil glyph on the two bases discovered in Mohenjo-daro, for holding śivalinga. Veneration of pitr-s is an ancient Indian tradition. This is also paralleled in the Sit-Shamshi bronze from Susa on a Uruk statue and Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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