From Frontline, disputing attempts to `force' Harappan script into Sanskrit molds by Rajaram and his associate. By Witzel and Farmer.
Article by Iravatham Mahadevan about the pan-Indian god Skanda or Murugan and his occurrence in the Indus Valley script.
George van Driem summarises the arguments for and against the idea that the ancient Austroasiatic homeland lay in India.
From Frontline, Asko Parpola answering the alleged decipherment by N.S. Rajaram.
From Frontline, Witzel and Farmer accuse Rajaram of fraud.
From Frontline, Asko Parpola responds to the claims of decipherment by Rajaram.
From Frontline, Witzel and Farmer report on media hype, faked data, and Hindutva propaganda in recent claims that the Indus Valley Script has been decoded.
Discovery of sherds at Harappa confirm dates for discoveries of Early Indus Script on pottery and in the impression of a square seal on a lump of clay.
Interviews with the three leading scholars of the undeciphered ancient Indus Valley script. Includes: a dictionary, audio, and resources.
From the BBC, earliest examples of writing may have been discovered in Pakistan, according to archaeologists working on the Harappa Project.
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