Indus script
Symbols of the Indus Valley Civilisation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script and the Indus Valley Script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation. Most inscriptions containing these symbols are extremely short, making it difficult to judge whether or not they constituted a writing system used to record a Harappan language, any of which are yet to be identified.[3] Despite many attempts,[4] the "script" has not yet been deciphered, but efforts are ongoing. There is no known bilingual inscription to help decipher the script,[5] which shows no significant changes over time. However, some of the syntax (if that is what it may be termed) varies depending upon location.[3]
Indus script | |
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Script type | Undeciphered;
possibly Bronze Age writing or proto-writing |
Time period | c. 3500–1900 BCE[1][2][lower-alpha 1] |
Direction | Right-to-left script, boustrophedon |
Languages | Unknown (see Harappan language) |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Inds (610), Indus (Harappan) |