INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Harappan script is regarded as pictographic since its signs represent birds, fish and a verity of human forms. The script was boustrophedon, written from right to left on one line and then from left to right in the next line. The number of signs of the Harappan script is known to be between 400 and 600.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the seals may have been used as amulets or talismans, but they also had a practical function as a marker for identification. Since writing in ancient times is generally associated with elites trying to record and control transactions, it is also believed that the Indus Script was used as an administrative tool.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script, is a pictographic script developed during the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inscriptions from these symbols are very short. It is hard to judge whether these symbols consisted of a writing system.