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𓀀Ancient Script Explorer

Write your name in the scripts of Pakistan\'s past. Share it. Learn where each one was carved.

c. 2600–1900 BCE

Indus Script

Undeciphered symbols from the Indus Valley Civilization — seals found at Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, and beyond. Scholars still debate whether it records a language. (Illustrative mapping)

c. 300 BCE–500 CE

Kharosthi (Gandhara)

The script of Ashoka\'s rock edicts at Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra, and of Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts. Written right to left. (Transliteration)

c. 1000 CE–present

Nastaliq Calligraphy

The flowing script of Urdu poetry, Iqbal\'s verses, and the calligraphy tradition celebrated in Noon wal Qalam.