4,000 Year Old Indus Valley Seal Discovered

(Courtesy The Archaeological Survey of India)

A seal and a weight were unearthed at a Harappan-period site in northwestern India. “The seal consists of two Harappan characters, with a typical unicorn as the motif and a pipal leaf depicted in front of an animal. Another example of one can be found in your textbook on page 221 and described on page 222.