Swastika is a Sanskrit word, which comes from ‘Su’ + ‘Asti’. Su is good and asti means to prevail.
Its source and the imagery can be traced back to the 5000-year-old Indus Valley, Sindhu-Sarasvati civilization.
Thus, the swastika symbolised friendship. Interestingly, a birthday card printed in 1907 by E. Philips in the United States of America used the swastika as a good luck symbol.
