Multiple choice

The Indus script decipherment remains problematic due to which reason?

  1. Contradictory nature of the cultural finds

  2. Shortness of available specimens

  3. Different opinions of the historians worldwide

  4. Non-concordance with the other ancestral languages
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The primary obstacle to deciphering the Indus script is the lack of long inscriptions; most specimens are very short, consisting of only a few symbols, which makes linguistic analysis extremely difficult.

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