CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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The script of Indus valley is characterized as ____ script and has not been ____
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pictograph, hieroglyphic
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Cuneiform, deciphered
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pictographic, deciphered
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pictotraph, cuneiform
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Views vary on how many signs there are in the Indus script. In 1982, archaeologist Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao published a Sanskrit-based decipherment with just 62 signs4.
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