Links to Their Origins- and Nimrod
One seal betrays the fact that, in spite of the uniqueness of this society, the people had a common origin with the other 2 major civilizations- a seal (photo at left) with the "lion-slayer" (Nimrod, the great hunter) holding 2 lions or perhaps tigers at bay on each side. The other evidence which they have in common with the earliest peoples in Anatolia, is the presence of the "mother-goddess": "A curious statuette of the Mother-Goddess also dates back to this period,..." (WA, vol 1., p. 112).
Evidence of Communication with Other Early Civilizations of Southern Mesopotamia
When the people left Babel, those who traveled the same basic route to their various destinations knew where those who settled along that route were located. The people of the Indus Valley most certainly knew of those who settled in Sumer, which was along the basic route to the Indus Valley from Babel. "The Harappans [the civilization of the Indus Valley] were in contact with the other civilized nations of the ancient world. This, too, we know from archaeological evidence. About 2300 B.C., when Sargon of Akkad ruled in Mesopotamia, there was trade between Sumer and Harappa. We know this because engraved seals of Harappa manufacture have been found in Sumerian cities dating from the time of Sargon." (ED, pp. 111-2). On the island of Bahrain of the east coast of Saudi Arabia (believed to be "Dilmun" of ancient records) are found seals of the Indus Valley designs along with those of Sumer, which place these 2 earliest civilizations as contemporary.
