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Indus script

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 ident…

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Direction
Right-to-left script, boustrophedon
Languages
Unknown, possibly Harappan language
Period
c. 2800–1900 BCE[a] (possible proto-script from c. 3500 BCE)[b] (rarely, later "graffiti" till c. 1300 BCE)
Script type
Undeciphered , possibly Bronze Age writing or proto-writing

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Indus script

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples201
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
Components1

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Indus script

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related to Post-Harappan · 25
Indus script → As, BCE, Brahmi, Central India, Gregory Possehl, Harappan, Harappans, In, India, Indian, Indus, Indus Valley Civilisation, Iravatham Mahadevan, Iron Age, Lal, Late Harappan, Megalithic, Megalithic Iron Age, Numerous, Similarly
related to Dravidian language · 23
Indus script → Although, Asko Parpola, Based, Deciphering, Dravidian, Early, Finnish, Harappan, Henry Heras, Indus, Knorozov's Soviet, Old Tamil, Parpola, Parpola's, Proto-Dravidian, Rajesh, Rao, Russian, Supporting, The
related to Unicode · 23
Indus script → Amar Fayaz Buriro, As, Deciphering, February, Indologist Asko Parpola, Inds, Indus, Indus Valley Civilisation, ISO, ISO/IEC, Michael Everson, Mohenjo-daro, National Fund, Private Use Areas, PUA, Script Encoding Initiative, Shabir Kumbhar, The, The Indus, The Indus Script Font
related to Late Harappan · 18
Indus script → At Harappa, BCE, Both, Daimabad, Gujarat, Indian, Indus, Inscriptions, Iron Age, Jhukar, Late Harappan, Maharashtra, Mature Harappan, Pakistan, Rangpur, Seals, Sindh, The Late Harappan
related to Decipherability · 15
Indus script → Due, Even, Greek, Harappan, However, Indus, Inscriptions, Mesopotamia, No, Ptolemy, Rameses, Rigveda, Rosetta Stone, The, There
related to Non-linguistic signs · 14
Indus script → An, Asko Parpola, Chinese, Farmer, He, In, Indus, Mature Harappan, Michael Witzel, Parpola, Revisiting, Richard Sproat, Steve Farmer, The
related to Mature Harappan · 12
Indus script → As, BCE, Harappa, In, Indus, Indus River, Iravatham Mahadevan, Mature Harappan, Mohenjo-daro, Often, Pakistan, Signs
related to Relationship to other scripts · 12
Indus script → BCE, Brahmi, Elamite, However, Indian, Indus, Iranian, Mesopotamia, Others, Proto-Elamite, Some, Sumerian
related to External links · 11
Indus script → April, Articles, How, Indus, Indus Script Signs, Omniglot, Steve Farmer, Text, The Straight Dope, Wayback Machine, Yajnadevam
related to Early Harappan · 9
Indus script → BCE, Early, Early Harappan, Harappa, Harappan, However, Indus, Kot Diji, Ravi

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script indus language signs harappan inscriptions symbols found seals early brahmi bce however rao period argued writing written inscribed parpola

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Indus scriptDirectionRight-to-left script, boustrophedon1.00infobox
Indus scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Inds (610), ​Indus (Harappan)1.00infobox
Indus scriptLanguagesUnknown, possibly Harappan language1.00infobox
Indus scriptPeriodc. 2800–1900 BCE[a] (possible proto-script from c. 3500 BCE)[b] (rarely, later "graffiti" till c. 1300 BCE)1.00infobox
Indus scriptScript typeUndeciphered , possibly Bronze Age writing or proto-writing1.00infobox
Iravatham Mahadevaninstance ofLinguists0.80text
Kamil Zvelebilinstance ofLinguists0.80text
and Asko Parpola have argued that the script had a relation to a Dravidian languageinstance ofLinguists0.80text
sealsinstance ofand emerging alongside administrative objects0.80text
standardised weights during the Kot Diji phase of this periodinstance ofand emerging alongside administrative objects0.80text
terracottainstance ofand painting applied to diverse materials0.80text
sandstoneinstance ofand painting applied to diverse materials0.80text

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