CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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Harappa script was?
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Textual
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Numeric
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Pictographic
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None of the above
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Explanation:
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: -’Indus script was written from right to left’
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indus script is made up of partially pictographic signs and human and animal motifs including a puzzling ‘unicorn’. These are inscribed on miniature steatite (soapstone) seal stones, terracotta tablets and occasionally on metal.
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