Priests of the Gharial god and the Tiger goddess in the “Pasupati” seal (M-304) and in its equivalent double, the Gharial seal (M-440).
It is interesting that two humans are found in the “Pasupati” seal (M-304) and its equivalent Gharial seals (M-440, M-1393).
The human near the tiger has a double-bun hairstyle and is sitting on the branch of a tree. This is the same posture we find in the Shaman on an acacia tree with an attentive tiger below, as seen in seals K-152, M-309, M-310, K-49, M-1185, H-163, H-181, M-1431, H-1973, H-1974, and C-27. So, the human near the tiger in M-440 and M-1393 is interpreted as the priest of the goddess (shown in red circle). The mythology surrounding the shaman of the goddess is explored here:
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This shaman with the double-bun hairdo was erroneously identified as a monkey in South Asian Archaeology 2001, Vol. 1: Prehistory, page 273.
There is another human standing near the bottom of the tail of the gharial crocodile in the M-440 seal, and this figure can be assumed to be the priest of the gharial god (shown in green circle).
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We can apply this concept of two priests to the famous Pasupati seal (M-304) where two humans appear as stick figures. The human near the tiger in M-1393 is taken as the priest of the goddess (shown in green circle). Logically then, the other human shown at the top left corner can be assumed to be the priest of the gharial god (shown in red circle).
References:
(1) Gharial god and Tiger goddess in the Indus valley,
Some aspects of Bronze Age Indian Religion, my paper, 2007
(2) Indus Creation Mythology in the Iron Age Tamil Nadu:
(3) Tiger Symbol in the Indus Script
(4) Gharial god and Tiger goddess: Saṃyoga depicted in the seal, H-180 from Harappa
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