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Indus Valley Civilisation Alternative names Harappan civilisation ancient Indus Indus civilisation Geographical range Basins of the Indus river, Pakistan and the seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river, eastern Pakistan and northwestern India Period Bronze Age South Asia Dates c. 3300 – c. 1300 BCE Type site Harappa Major sites Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi Preceded by Mehrgarh ...
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]
Was used in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Makassarese language. [11] Makasar script is also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works. [12] Maka U+11EE0–U+11EFF 𑻪𑻢𑻪𑻢 Malayalam: Grantha: 12th century Malayalam: Mlym U+0D00–U+0D7F മലയാളലിപി: Marchen ...
On comparing the Linear Elamite to the Indus script, a number of similar symbols have also been found. [ 127 ] The Meluhhan language was not readily understandable at the Akkadian court, since interpretators of the Meluhhan language are known to have resided in Mesopotamia, particularly through an Akkadian seal with the inscription "Shu-ilishu ...
The Indus script (also known as the Harappan script) is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley civilization, in Harrapa and Kot Diji.Most inscriptions containing these symbols are extremely short, making it difficult to judge whether or not these symbols constituted a script used to record a language, or even symbolise a writing system. [2]
The trident is a weapon or a symbol in different Hindu texts. [229] As a symbol, the Trishul represents Shiva's three aspects of "creator, preserver and destroyer", [230] or alternatively it represents the equilibrium of three guṇas of sattva, rajas and tamas. [231] Drum: A small drum shaped like an hourglass is known as a damaru.
Impression of an Indus stamp seal, showing a string of five "Indus script" glyphs; the Indus script is interpreted by some scholars as the writing system of the Harappan language. Impression of an Akkadian Empire cylinder seal with inscription: "Shu-ilishu, interpreter of the language of Meluhha"; [1] Louvre Museum, reference AO 22310. [2]
610-550 BC Daunian stelae from Apulia (left); Sun and Fire symbols in Albanian traditional tattoo patterns (19th century). [187] The cross (also swastika in some tattoos) is the Albanian traditional way to represent the deified Fire, evidently also called with the theonym Enji .