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The Indus Valley seals were imprinted on ceramics or clay. Most believe that the imprints were used as tags and to seal bundles of goods. See the links below for more information and some interesting ideas and opinions on the seals.
Also try 'Indus Script Dictionary' on Facebook for photos and some interesting ideas and opinions on the seals.
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For what seals were used in indus valley?
Some Indus seals were used for stamping clay cargo labels with personal names and names of rivers or towns. Others were used for stamping letterhead or signing names.
What are the similarities of indus valley seal and mesopotamian civilization artifact n?
they both use clay bricks and stones to makes seals.
What are the differences between the indus valley seal and the mesopotamian seal?
Indus Valley seals were square stamp seals and usually had a bull or other animals on them, and Mesopotamian seals had cuneiform writing on them and were rolled onto the clay instead of stamped.
What did the Indus River Valley people write on?
Clay was used for freight labels and some examples of these have survived after being fired hard by a warehouse fire. They had been stamped with stamp seals. It is possible that Indus valley people wrote on palm leaves or paper made from cotton, or birchbark, but no examples of this have survived.
Did the Indus valley create the clay model of four wheeled cart?
indus did make the four wheel cart, so the answer is YES!!
What were Indus valley seals for?
Some seals were used as name tags, and guards at city gates would not let people in unless they had one. Other Harappan seals were used to stamp the word 'namana' (greetings) on lettterhead. Another sort of stamp seal was used in freightyards and warehouses to stamp addresses on cargo, these seals had names of towns, rivers and countries on them. Visit 'Indus Script Dictionary' on Facebook to see many photos of Harappan seals.
what are 3 conclusions that we can draw about indus valley?
that they used clay to write and draw pictuers. and they had good wells
What was the employment in indus valley civilization?
There were farmers. There were potters who made everything from clay, furniture, toys, sculptures.
What jobs were in the Indus Valley civilization?
There were farmers. There were potters who made everything from clay, furniture, toys, sculptures.
What is the harappan art?
Many fine examples of Harappan art can be found on the stamp seals made by people of the Indus Valley Civilization, which lasted from 3300 BC to 1900 BC in South Asia. The seals were usually made of baked clay or steatite (soapstone). Other examples of Harappan art include stone and bronze statues and painted pottery. To see examples of Harappan seals, go to 'Indus Script Dictionary' on Facebook.
Indus valley major contributions and inventions?
Indus River builders were able to plan and lay out elaborate cities with running water and sewers, and roads in a grid pattern. They could write and use stamp seals to put clay labels on cargo. Bronze, gold, silver, copper and tin were metals that they knew how to mine and use. Indus Valley people grew dates, melons, cotton, and rice, they weaved cloth, they raised animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and chickens, too.
How were the indus valley bricks made?
Indus Valley bricks were made by mixing clay with water to form a paste, then molding the paste into brick shapes and leaving them to dry in the sun. Once dried, the bricks were fired in a kiln to harden and strengthen them for use in construction.
