CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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Cuneiform
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Hieroglyphics
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Indus Script
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Pictographs
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The script was boustrophedon, which is written from right to left on one line and then from left to right in the next line.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest examples of Indus writing are from the Early Harappan Kot Diji period, which at Harappa is dated to c. 2800-2600 BCE. While most of the graffiti from this phase are not writing in the real sense, there are some real inscriptions probably dating from the late phase of this period.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus River Valley Civilization, 3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.