The primitive form of the cross seems to have been that of the so-called "gamma" cross (crux gammata), better known to Orientalists and students of prehistoric archæology by its Sanskrit name, swastika .
Go ya ka buka ya tshedimosetso ya The Catholic Encyclopedia, "go lebega mofuta wa bogologolo wa sefapaano e ne e le se go neng go twe ke sa 'gamma' (crux gammata), se batho ba Botlhaba le baithuti ba marope a bogologolo ba se itseng ka leina la sone la Se-Sanskrit e leng swastika."