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Cracking the Indus code

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How to Decipher the Indus Script

The inscriptions on these seals are super short. These are only on average about five symbols in Lent, unlike language based inscriptions in other parts of the world. Rajesh had to figure out whether it was a language at all. He started by asking himself a pretty basic question. How do you know if something is writing or if it's just pictures? There are no hard and fast rules here, but Rajesh had a few clues that tend to be found across all kinds of written languages.

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