The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables c4.s1.1

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The Indus Civilization ranks among the most ancient urban cultures of mankind. It covered an appreciably larger area than either the Early Dynastic Egypt or Sumer. Like the other Old World civilizations, the Indus Civilization seems to have grown from the skilful utilization of the fertile river valleys. Its distinctive characteristics - the gridiron layout of the cities, their elaborate drainage, and the puzzling pictographic script - are still best known from the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.¹