Indian Palaeography c9.s1.1

c9.s1.1

THE earliest script of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, known from discoveries of seals first at Harappa in the Montgomery district of Punjab (Pakistan), and later at Mohenjodaro in the Lakarna district of Sind, is termed here the ‘Indus Script’, as it was mainly in use, if it did not actually originate, in the Indus Valley zone. These discoveries received greater importance and attention after 1922, when the excavations conducted at these two sites under the direction of Sir John Marshall brought to light a new civilization, ranking in content and time with the civilizations of the Ancient Orient. The Indus Valley found a place in the Ancient World of Bronze Age cultures, in a period when the art of writing had already developed.