WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

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Scholars of the Indus Valley have been unable to decipher the meaning of these
A
Statues
B
Documents
C
Carved Seals
D
Text Books
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The standard Harappan seal was square in shape with a 2X2 dimension. It is believed that the seals were used for commercial purposes. A few seals were also carried as amulets, perhaps as a kind of identity card.

Detailed explanation-2: -The seals. These small objects have been beautifully carved out of stone and then fired to make them more durable. Over 3, 500 seals have been found so far. The most typical Indus seal is square, with a set of symbols along the top, an animal in the centre, and one or more symbols at the bottom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Iravatham Mahadevan published a concordance and corpus of Indus inscriptions. It lists 417 distinct signs in specific patterns and 3700 seals. Iravatham Mahadevan also found that the longest inscription contained only 26 symbols and that the average inscription contained five symbols.

Detailed explanation-4: -They used these distinctive seals for the identification of property and to stamp clay on trade goods. Seals-decorated with animal figures, such as elephants, tigers, and water buffalos-have been one of the most commonly discovered artifacts in Indus Valley cities.

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