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Illustrative Text Reference:
Mohenjo-daro: Seal: M-1316 a: Sayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah and Asko Parpola, 1991: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 2: Page 168: Collections in Pakistan: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.