CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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pictures of houses and buildings
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pictures of kings and queens
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pictures of mountains and rivers
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pictures of animals and people
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Detailed explanation-1: -Found in Mohenjo-Daro. The seal depicts a human figure seated cross legged. An elephant and a tiger are depicted to the right side of the figure, while on the left a rhinoceros and a buffalo are seen. Two antelopes (deer) are shown below the seat (nearby his feet).
Detailed explanation-2: -All the seals have pictures of animals with something written in a pictographic script (which is yet to be deciphered). Chiefly, the animals represented are tigers, elephants, bulls, bison, goats and so on. Most of the seals have been written on both sides.
Detailed explanation-3: -The stone seal, which would have been pressed onto a soft base such as clay to create a positive imprint, is dated to c. 2500–2400 B.C.E. and was found in the archaeological site of Mohenjo-daro, in what is now Sindh, Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Seal, Mohenjo-daro 34 Seal depicting a deity with horned headdress and bangles on both arms, standing in a pipal (sacred fig) tree and looking down on a kneeling worshiper. A human head rests on a small stool. A giant ram and seven figures in procession complete the narrative.