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Indus script: Media

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Indus script
A Harappan seal and its impression showing the Indus, or Harappan, script.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Dodge Fund, 1949, 49.40.1, www.metmuseum.org
Indus tablets
A number of tablets depicting animals and bearing inscriptions in the Indus script.
Β© Harshit Srivastava/Dreamstime.com
Writing on seals
Indus script appears commonly on square stamp seals like this one, featuring a central...
Β© Angelo Hornak/Alamy