GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The Aryans destroyed their artifacts.
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Their language has not yet been deciphered.
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Historians are not interested in that civilization.
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The Harappans didn’t leave behind any artifacts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -One reason archaeologists, and average people, don’t know much about the Indus, is that it was only discovered in the 1920s. Since then, researchers have identified more than 1, 000 settlements, which from the surface appear to belong to the culture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historians did not learn much about the Harappan civilization from written sources because its writing system has not yet meen figured out. They learned much from building remains, like the drainage system, and where grains were stored.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unfortunately, because there were no extensive records about the Indus valley civilization, we have only scant knowledge of it. Though most scientists believe that people of this ancient culture had their own language and writing system, they have not yet been able to decipher the meanings.