The Indus Civilization c4.1

c4.1

THE remains of the ancient city of Harappa are situated in the Montgomery district of the Punjab and lie beside what was once the bed of the Ravi before that river shifted its course. On this site seals had been found from time to time during the last few decades, and it has always been suspected that these seals, most of which bore the incised figure of an animal surmounted by pictographic signs, dated from very early times; indeed, Sir Alexander Cunningham went so far as to say that the Brahmi alphabet of India was derived from this unknown script, a theory in which he is now supported by Professor Stephen Langdon.