![The Indus Valley civilization (called Haruppa) is one of the oldest in the world. Its writing is only known from seals. One these discovered during excavation of an archaeological sitehas drawn attention as a possible representation of Many Indus valley seals show animals but one seal that has attracted attention shows a figure, either horned or wearing a horned headdress and possibly ithyphallic[46][47][48] figure seated in a posture reminiscent of the Lotus position and surrounded by animals was named by early excavators of Mohenjo-daro Pashupati (lord of cattle), an epithet of the later Hindu gods Shiva and Rudra.[46][49][50][51] Sir John Marshall and others have claimed that this figure is a prototype of Shiva and have described the figure as having three faces seated in a "yoga posture" with the knees out and feet joined.](http://handbill.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Siva-1-298x300.jpg)
The Indus Valley civilization (called Haruppa) is one of the oldest in the world. Its writing is only known from seals. One these, discovered during excavation of an archaeological site, shows a figure, either horned or wearing a horned headdress, seated in a posture reminiscent of the Lotus position. Sir John Marshall and others have claimed that this figure is a prototype of Shiva and have described the figure as having three faces