Which one of the following statements about the Harappan Culture is not correct?
It witnessed the first cities in the subcontinent.
It marks the first use of script, written from right to left.
It marks the earliest known use of iron as a medium for the art of sculpting.
It marks the earliest known use of stone as a medium for the art of sculpting.
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UPSC CDS-2 – 2017
The Harappan Civilization belongs to the Bronze Age (roughly 3300–1300 BCE). While they were skilled in working with copper, bronze, gold, and silver, they had no knowledge of iron. The use of iron in the Indian subcontinent became widespread much later, during the Iron Age, which typically began around 1000 BCE (corresponding to the later Vedic period). Harappan art includes sculptures in stone (like the ‘Priest King’ and dancing girl torso), bronze (like the ‘Dancing Girl’), terracotta, and steatite.