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The Left-Right Direction of Harappan Writing
From Frontline, disputing attempts to `force' Harappan script into Sanskrit molds by Rajaram and his associate. By Witzel and Farmer.
A Letter From Michel Danino
An answer to "The Harappan Horse Fraud" in the October 13 Frontline by Profs Michael Witzel and Steve Farmer.
Murukan in the Indus Script
Article by Iravatham Mahadevan about the pan-Indian god Skanda or Murugan and his occurrence in the Indus Valley script.
On the Austroasiatic Indus Theory
George van Driem summarises the arguments for and against the idea that the ancient Austroasiatic homeland lay in India.
One Sees What One Wants To
From Frontline, Asko Parpola answering the alleged decipherment by N.S. Rajaram.
New Evidence on the 'Piltdown Horse' Hoax
From Frontline, Witzel and Farmer accuse Rajaram of fraud.
Of Rajaram's 'Horses', 'decipherment', and Civilisational Issues
From Frontline, Asko Parpola responds to the claims of decipherment by Rajaram.
Horseplay in Harappa
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.
Early Indus Script
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.
Ancient Indus Valley Script
Interviews with the three leading scholars of the undeciphered ancient Indus Valley script. Includes: a dictionary, audio, and resources.
Earliest Writing Found
From the BBC, earliest examples of writing may have been discovered in Pakistan, according to archaeologists working on the Harappa Project.
Aryan or Dravidian or Neither?
A study of recent attempts to decipher the Indus Script (1995-2000).

cross references

Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Regional : Asia : India Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Regional : Asia : India
Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Regional : Asia : Pakistan Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Regional : Asia : Pakistan
Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Topics : Epigraphy Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Topics : Epigraphy
Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Topics : Epigraphy : Rongorongo Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Topics : Epigraphy : Rongorongo
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Graphemics and Orthography Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Graphemics and Orthography

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Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Languages : Natural : Dravidian Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Languages : Natural : Dravidian
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Languages : Natural : Indo-European : Indo-Iranian : Indo-Aryan Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Languages : Natural : Indo-European : Indo-Iranian : Indo-Aryan
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