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several different types of ancient egyptian stencils are shown in this set of nine images

Collection of Indus Valley Stamp Seals in indecipherable Harappan language (3500-1900 BCE) Often, animals such as bulls, elephants, rhinoceros, water buffaloes and the mythical unicorn accompanied the text on seals to help the illiterate identify the origin of a particular seal.

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an old silver object with animals on it's sides and writing in chinese characters

Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects discovered from the mysterious proto-historic sites along the banks of the Indus River

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an animal is depicted on the side of a stone wall with writing that reads,

Who were the Harappans? Around 4500 BC, some new people from West Asia moved into the Indus Valley and mixed with the Mehrgahr people who were already there. They brought some West Asian foods with […]

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four different types of stone carvings with animals and people on them, all in gold

Indus Valley Seals, discovered in the late nineteenth century, were the first sign of civilization found in the Indus River Valley. The writing on the seals is not readable as of now, but the motifs seem to be related to seals from ancient Mesopotamia. Pg. 292 Charity Hess

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many different vases and statues are shown

Works of art like images on Indus Valley Civilisation seals & artifacts provide abundant evidence of imaginative and creative art but not necessarily ritual. They may purely be decorative, or may illustrate narratives, but did not display symbols of an organized religion. https://t.co/qaLYks1AY1

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an egyptian stencil depicting a tiger and other animals

Most of them were unaware of the fact that India is the home of the largest Harappan site. Until now, Mohenjo-Daro present in Pakistan is the largest site in Indus valley civilization among the 200…

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