Indiatimes

These languages are written from both right and left and this is what they are called

The Indus script, from the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, remains undeciphered despite its use of boustrophedon writing, read alternately left to right and right to left. Featuring pictographic ...
CNN

No one knows what this ancient script says. Now there’s a $1 million prize to crack the code

A fish under a roof. A stick figure without a head. A series of lines that look like a garden rake. These symbols are part of an entirely undeciphered script from a sophisticated ancient civilization ...
Indiatimes

‘Indus seals show civilisation was incredibly diverse’

Deciphering the Indus script could reveal if Indus seals were the first currency. These seals, diversified in their uses, might have economic significance and depicted guilds or clans. Interaction ...
saudigazette

A million-dollar challenge to crack the script of early Indians

WASHINGTON — Every week, Rajesh PN Rao, a computer scientist, gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations. These self-proclaimed ...
The Hindu

Extract from The Wonder that was Harappan Civilisation: Mystery of the Indus script

Why is that woman sitting on a tree branch? What is she signalling with her left hand to a tiger, standing on the ground? Why is the tiger’s head turned backwards? What do the signs of a script — a ...
Psychology Today

What Can We Learn From the Indus Seals?

Figure 1. 'Unicorn' stamp seal and modern impression. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access/Public domain In my previous post, I discussed the Indian subcontinent's first civilization and ...
The Wire

Decoding the Indus Script: My Findings and What They Challenge

Thus, each Indus script sign has a rich and complex story to tell us, offering much more than a phonetic seal-script could have offered. Moreover, since we got our hands on an ancient mercantile ...