The Mystery of the Harappan Script
The Harappans had a writing system on their seals, but no one has been able to decode it. One of history's great puzzles.
Key Questions
- 1What are the Harappan seals and what do they show?
- 2Why has no one been able to read the Harappan script?
- 3What would we learn if we could decode the script?
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