HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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The writings of ancient India have not been deciphered.
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Ancient India was not advanced enough to have a writing system.
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Ancient India did not need a writing system because they did not trade.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Second, while the Harappan Civilization left extensive writing on numerous artifacts, archaeologists and linguists have still not been able to translate the script. This means that we cannot decipher the texts or glean the information about the Harappans left behind in their own records.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historians did not learn much about the Harappan civilization from written sources because its writing system has not yet meen figured out. They learned much from building remains, like the drainage system, and where grains were stored.
Detailed explanation-3: -One reason archaeologists, and average people, don’t know much about the Indus, is that it was only discovered in the 1920s. Since then, researchers have identified more than 1, 000 settlements, which from the surface appear to belong to the culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -This Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), also called the Harappan civilization after an archaeological site in Pakistan, has remained veiled in mystery largely due to the fact that scholars have yet to make sense of the Harappan language, comprised of fragmented symbols, drawings and other writings.