Give any two features of Harappan writing. - Vidyadip

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Give any two features of Harappan writing.

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Harappan seals usually have a line of writing–has name & title of the owner.
Most inscriptions are short, the longest containing about 26 signs.
Not alphabetical-has too many signs has about 375 to 400 signs.
Was probably written from right to left as wide gaps seen on the right and cramping on left.
Writing found on copper tools, jars, seals, terracotta tablets etc.
Scholars suggest that motifs (Animals) conveyed some meaning.
Not all inscriptions deciphered or translated.
Not everything that we think important was recorded.
Joys and sorrows of daily existence not recorded usually, only grand events recorded.
Written from the perspective of those who commissioned them.

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