“The excavations undertaken recently by the Turkish Government at Aladja-Hoyuk uncovered the so-called standards made out of Swastika symbols. These metallic articles were buried along with corpses during the 22nd century B.C. Probably these were kept there to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the deceased. In Lycaonia, on a Hittite monument, it appears as an ornament on the border of the robe of a person engaged in offering sacrifice.”

“Aladja-Hoyuk, which is identified with the Hittite city Ariana, was the seat of the cult of sun god.”

From “The mystique of Swastika
By Shiv Darshanlal Sharma” in The Tribune (India), Sunday, May 23, 1999