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NDA 2022 GAT · General Knowledge · Ancient India · easy

Indus Valley Civilisation: 1. The Harappan script has not been deciphered so far. 2. Iron was widely used by the Harappans for making tools.

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Consider the following statements about the Indus Valley Civilisation:
1. The Harappan script has not been deciphered so far.
2. Iron was widely used by the Harappans for making tools.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1. A. 1 only
  2. B. 2 only
  3. C. Both 1 and 2
  4. D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (A) 1 only

Statement 1 is correct: the Harappan seals bear a pictographic script that has not been deciphered. Statement 2 is wrong because the Harappans used copper, bronze, stone and no known iron; the iron age in India began roughly a thousand years later with the Vedic and megalithic cultures. The trap is the assumption that urban cultures used iron.
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