SCRIPT!
Across
- 3. The visual images and symbols used in art to identify a specific deity or figure.
- 7. The ancient civilization known for its undeciphered script, also called the Indus Valley Civilization.
- 8. The 22nd Jain Tirthankara whose sculpture base features a shell and a patron's name.
- 12. The historical site in Madhya Pradesh, India, famous for its ancient cave paintings.
- 13. The ancient script on Kshatrapa coins at the end of the museum tour.
- 14. An ancient material used to make early tablets and seals
- 17. The system of letters and signs used to write down a language.
- 18. Writing engraved on hard surfaces like stone or metal, often used for record-keeping.
- 19. The 16th Jain Tirthankara whose sculpture can be recognized by an engraved antelope.
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- 1. What we use to speak or read aloud, distinct from the visual signs used to write it.
- 2. Early metal currency pieces that predominantly had nature-based symbols.
- 4. The ancient Mesopotamian writing system originally pressed into clay tablets.
- 5. the study of the past, based on objects or parts of buildings that are found in the ground
- 6. Handwritten documents from the past, often on paper.
- 9. A communication system using pictures or symbols instead of alphabetic letters.
- 10. An ancient indian language that is still taught in school today
- 11. A script used alongside images on ancient Indo-Greek bilingual coins.
- 15. The specific cursive, elegant style of script seen in the Persian manuscript folios.
- 16. A person who pays for or commissions the making of an art object.
- 17. Harappan objects made of stone or clay that have both scripts and animal symbols.