An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.34

v1.c9.s9.34

There is one aspect of these inscriptions which deserves to be brought to the fore, and it is this. The inscriptions are not confined to seals and sealings. They occur on bronze axes and knives, ivory sticks, as also on pottery. The occurrence of inscriptions even on such commonplace items as pottery would indicate that a fairly sizeable section of the population was literate, at least in the metropolitan towns.