The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c4.2

c4.2

The signs are clearly of ideographic origin, some readily recognisable pictures, e.g. of birds, but most are conventionalised, in many cases beyond recognition of their pictorial originals. Graphically the script bears a close resemblance to Proto-Elamite, and a less close to Sumerian of the Jemdet-Nasr and Fara periods, except as regards the anthropomorphous signs. The latter bear a close resemblance to Egyptian of the Old and Middle kingdoms. The resemblance to these three scripts seems too close to be accidental, but whether the connection is due to community of descent or borrowing cannot yet be determined.