History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-II)
Boustrophedon is a:
APottery-making style
BBead-making style
CWriting style ✓ Correct
DStatue-making style
Correct answer: (C) Writing style — It is a writing style, so the answer is a writing style.
Explanation
★It is a writing style, so the answer is a writing style.
★Boustrophedon is a unique style of writing characterised by its bi-directional nature.
★The text alternates between left to right and right to left in a zig-zag pattern.
★The term is derived from the Greek words bous, meaning ox, and strophe, meaning turn.
★It reflects the resemblance of the script's pattern to the ploughing path of an ox.
★Some scholars believe this style was used in the Indus Valley civilization.
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