The Double Headed Eagle

So the double-headed eagle seemed to have landed in Deccan via the Konkan ports. But why it came to occupy such an important position in Kannada psyche still remains a mystery. After all, could the Gaṇḍabheruṇḍa have flown from the tropical forest of Deccan to Abu Tbeirah in the Sumerian desert, which in the 3rd millennium BCE, was a flourishing port on the banks of river Euphrates ? [D’Agostino, 2014 : Abu Tbeirah, Nasiriyah (Southern Iraq) - Preliminary Report On The 2013 Excavation Campaign] The Sumerian city of Lagash, where the clay cylinder with the motif of the double-headed eagle has been found, is at a short distance from Abu Tbeirah.