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