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The study highlights recurring glyph clusters on seals—appearing at the start, middle, end, or in isolation—often paired with other repeating forms. While their function has been unclear, Yajñadeva’s phonetic assignments yield coherent Sanskrit words, offering interpretative potential. This paper tries to find a place called Magan in Indus Valley Civilization seals and its related people. Focusing on 48 seals, the research proposes that glyphs read as Moka/Maka—Prākṛta forms of Makran—and their variants Mokana and Mokanī represent geographic names like Oman, Makran, and Magan-linked regions. These may have denoted ancient transhipment ports or entrepôts. The suffixes -ana and -anī, serving as plural markers in both Sumerian and Sanskrit, suggest a wider linguistic continuum.
