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The Indus Valley Debate: Language, Script, Identity, Complexity
Recently a friend of mine pointed me to an article from The Independent on The Indus Valley Civilization, that posed the question: Was the Indus script really a script, or was it just a symbol system? Hidden within this question are several others: Were the Indus people capable of something as complex as a script? What language did they speak and/or write? and Who were they? First, some background. The Indus Valley Civilization was centered on the Indus river and grew and flourished between…
Mohenjo Daro, ca. 2600 BC. An astonishingly modern-looking city despite being 4600 years old, it was the epicenter of the Indus Valley Civilization. It had multi-story houses and large public bath complexes.
Mohenjo Daro, ca. 2600 BC. An astonishingly modern-looking city despite being 4600 years old, it was the epicenter of the Indus Valley Civilization. It had multi-story houses and large public bath complexes.
When archaeologists discovered the 5,000-year-old site of Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan, they found that the city demonstrated an exceptional level of civic planning and amenities. The houses were furnished with brick-built bathrooms and many had toilets. Wastewater from these was led into well-built brick sewers that ran along the center of the streets, covered with bricks or stone slabs. Cisterns and wells finely constructed of wedge-shaped bricks held public supplies of drinking water.
A street in Mohenjo-daro. The doors of later buildings can be seen in the upper levels of the wall to the left. The gradual tapering of the walls in the far right was an intentional architectural feature to avoid collapse of the upper floors.
Bronze Animal Figure (Bull), Harappan Civilization, 2500 - 2000 BC
Metallurgy in India has a long and varied history. Bronze and copper were known during the period of the Indus Valley Civilization. The recovery of metal articles (including a bronze dancing girl) and the discovery of crucible with slag attached are clear indicators of the knowledge of casting (pouring molten-hot metal into moulds of the desired shape and size) and forging (hammering hot metal into required shapes). Further, this points to the fact that these early peoples could produce and…
El juego de dados en Mohenjo-Daro, hace 4.000 años- | Matemolivares
Seals and sealing
Long rectangular seals and a terra cotta sealing (bottom) with Indus script. The top seal has seven signs of Indus script. The back of this seal is convex and it is perforated from the side.
The Indus Valley Civilization: An ornamented past, revealed in 5,000-year-old artifacts and jewelry
The Indus Valley Civilization was rich with culture and tradition, revealed in its wealth of beautiful, intricate, and elaborate ornaments, jewelry and artifacts. These items and more are on exhibit at India’s Jewellery Gallery of the National Museum in Delhi.
