There are several competing theories about the language that the Indus script represent: 1  The language is completely unrelated to anything else, meaning an isolate. 2  The language is Aryan (some form of Indian-Iranian Indo-European). 3  The language belongs to the Munda family of languages.  The language is Dravidian.
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Indus Valley Civilization. Definition. The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today, on the fertile flood plain of the Indus River and its vicinity. Evidence of religious practices in this area date back approximately to 5500 BCE.
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This is one of the reasons why the Indus Valley Civilization is one of the least known of the important early civilizations of antiquity. Examples of this writing system have been found in pottery, amulets, carved stamp seals, and even in weights and copper tablets.
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The Indus Script is the writing system developed by the Indus Valley Civilization and it is the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent.
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Ancient India Writing System. Indus Valley Civilization. Source--http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/indusvalley.htm with clarification and additions by Justin Vail. From about 2600 B.C. to 1700 B.C. a vast number of settlements were built on the banks of the Indus River and surrounding areas.
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The Brahmi script is the earliest writing system developed in India after the Indus script. It is one of the most influential writing systems; all modern Indian scripts and several hundred scripts found in Southeast and East Asia are derived from Brahmi.
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Photograph © www.metmuseum.org. The Indus Valley Civilization was the first major urban culture of South Asia. It reached its peak from 2600 BC to 1900 BC roughly, a period called by some archaeologists Mature Harappan as distinguished from the earlier Neolithic Early Harappan regional cultures.
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As the Indus Valley Civilization was dying, so did the script they invented. The Vedic culture that would dominate North India for the centuries to come did not have a writing system, nor did they adopt the Indus Script. In fact, India would have to wait more than 1,000 years to see the return of writing.
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The cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were well-organised and built out of brick and stone. Their drainage systems, wells and water storage systems were the most sophisticated in the ancient world. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization also developed a writing system which was used for several hundred years. However, we are still unable to read the words that they wrote. The earliest examples of the Indus script date from around 3000 BC.
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The neolithic area is associated with which of the following 1. making tools out of materials including metal 2. making large rock formations like Stonehedge for religious purposes 3. an architectural homework when people live in buildings instead of caves 4. the rise of agriculture 5. the start of a bilateral trade system. The rise of agriculture.
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indus valley system of writing
The Indus Valley system of writing is the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent. Indus valley system of writing is the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent.