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SUMMARY:Revisiting Harappan Iconography
DESCRIPTION:During the second half of the third millennium BC\, the Ha
 rappan civilization covered an area of over one million square kilomet
 ers in South Asia\, extending from the Afghan highlands to Western Ind
 ia. Excavations sites in modern-day India and Pakistan like Harappa\, 
 Mohenjo-daro\, and Dholavira have shown that this impressive civilizat
 ion was characterized by a shared material culture and extensive trade
  networks. A fascinating example of this shared material culture is th
 e extensive corpus of miniature arts — seals\, seal impressions and 
 molded tablets — found at sites throughout the Greater Indus Valley.
  The iconography of the Harappan world embedded in these objects inclu
 des a number of iconic characters\, scenes\, and narratives. While the
 re is no question that these images played an important role in the vi
 sual codification of Harappan culture\, the fact that the Indus script
  remains undeciphered\, paired with the lack of comparable iconography
  in contemporary or later contexts\, poses significant challenges to t
 heir interpretation. This talk focuses on the role that seals\, sealin
 gs and tablets play in codifying the visual vocabulary of the Harappan
  world and on how the imagery they bear may have conveyed information 
 to an informed viewer.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
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