Multiple choice

Why don’t scholars know alot about the Harappan language?

  1. Because they can’t read the language

  2. Because there’s almost no clues about it

  3. Because the only passages are a few words long

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Indus Valley script remains undeciphered. The surviving inscriptions are very short, and there is no bilingual text (like a Rosetta Stone) to help scholars translate the language.

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