WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the script of Indus Valley civilization?
A
Pictography
B
Cuneiform Script
C
Hieroglyphic Script
D
Sanskrit
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script, is a pictographic script developed during the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Harappan script is a pictographic script.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus Script was generally written from right to left. This is the case in most examples found, but there are some exceptions where the writing is bidirectional, which means that the direction of the writing is in one direction on one line but in the opposite direction on the next line.

Detailed explanation-5: -"The contexts of script and changes in the writing over time indicate that the Indus script was versatile and that it was probably used to communicate complex ideas as well as multiple languages.

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