tell me the details of harappans language
Answers
Answered by
0
What intrigues me about the information presented on Harrapa is how much remains unknown. While we know (in comparison) quite a bit about the ancient trade routes, exports, and urban planning, the very way any of this was communicated is completely unknown. It seems incredible that in this advanced time of research and discovery that something so fundamental to an ancient culture can be unknown, especially with other ancient states’ (Egypt) written language being very well understood. It was interesting to learn that clear reasons have been outlined to explain why the language remains undeciphered, mainly that the underlying language is not known, the average inscription length is too short, and no bilingual text has been discovered. Also, it is hard to even fathom learning a language made of more than four hundred different symbols. The apparent fact that the two inch square seals – the only evidence of Harappan writing – were made in specialized workshops makes me wonder how integral the written language was to common people, or people not involved directly in trade. Today it seems hard to imagine a functioning society without a commonplace script.
Another interesting aspect to our study of Harappan culture is how little we know about the language is contrasted with how much we know about the architecture. While the language has died out the architecture, urban planning, and even brick manufacturing is remarkably similar today as it was thousands of years ago! It is very neat to see the cultural continuity as displayed in the geometric and logical blueprint of streets and the immense usage of fired mud bricks (even the mud brick kiln is made of mud bricks). One detail I found myself wondering about was the specific dimensions of the individual bricks. The way I understood it, they measure the same all over the region, across hundreds of sites, millions of bricks, and even into today. What is it about these dimensions that made the bricks so versatile? Why not produce different sized bricks for different sized buildings or different requirements of structural integrity? It didn’t sound like there is any evidence of Harappan people ever manufacturing bricks of different measurements, not even earlier on. This is intriguing because we often find there is an evolution, a progression, in style, size, composition, etc. such as with the Egyptian pyramids. How is it that they got it right the first time?
While some is known about ancient Harappan culture, even more remains a mystery. This is what makes it interesting and difficult to compare it with other ancient states.
spears and arrows, but they were used more to protect themselves from animals or stuff rather than war.
Harappans are thought to have been part of the vast Aryan invasions which began around 2200BCE in Anatolia and extended, over centuries, into the Indus River valley. Their most effective weapon was the horse which they had domesticated and herded for millenniums back and forth across northern Europe and Asia before invading the 'sweet water' river cultures of South Asia. Understandably, Harappans worshiped the horse as a god and other important weapons were the battle axe (thunderer) and equivalent deification.
Another interesting aspect to our study of Harappan culture is how little we know about the language is contrasted with how much we know about the architecture. While the language has died out the architecture, urban planning, and even brick manufacturing is remarkably similar today as it was thousands of years ago! It is very neat to see the cultural continuity as displayed in the geometric and logical blueprint of streets and the immense usage of fired mud bricks (even the mud brick kiln is made of mud bricks). One detail I found myself wondering about was the specific dimensions of the individual bricks. The way I understood it, they measure the same all over the region, across hundreds of sites, millions of bricks, and even into today. What is it about these dimensions that made the bricks so versatile? Why not produce different sized bricks for different sized buildings or different requirements of structural integrity? It didn’t sound like there is any evidence of Harappan people ever manufacturing bricks of different measurements, not even earlier on. This is intriguing because we often find there is an evolution, a progression, in style, size, composition, etc. such as with the Egyptian pyramids. How is it that they got it right the first time?
While some is known about ancient Harappan culture, even more remains a mystery. This is what makes it interesting and difficult to compare it with other ancient states.
spears and arrows, but they were used more to protect themselves from animals or stuff rather than war.
Harappans are thought to have been part of the vast Aryan invasions which began around 2200BCE in Anatolia and extended, over centuries, into the Indus River valley. Their most effective weapon was the horse which they had domesticated and herded for millenniums back and forth across northern Europe and Asia before invading the 'sweet water' river cultures of South Asia. Understandably, Harappans worshiped the horse as a god and other important weapons were the battle axe (thunderer) and equivalent deification.
rkraw:
you have mixed in this only
yes
from where language topic is starting
top
tell me about weapons
read all..get know all..
I have to write in project
iam 9standar bhayi
ok..weapon starts just above the last para.
and from where language staring
Answered by
10
The Harappan language is the unknown language or languages of the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) Harappan civilization (Indus Valley Civilization, or IVC). ... There are a handful of possible loanwords from the language of the Indus Valley Civilization
hope it's helpful for u....
Similar questions