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A Letter From Michel Danino
An answer to "The Harappan Horse Fraud" in the October 13 Frontline by Profs Michael Witzel and Steve Farmer.
Ancient Indus Valley Script
Interviews with the three leading scholars of the undeciphered ancient Indus Valley script. Includes: a dictionary, audio, and resources.
Aryan or Dravidian or Neither?
A study of recent attempts to decipher the Indus Script (1995-2000).
Earliest Writing Found
From the BBC, earliest examples of writing may have been discovered in Pakistan, according to archaeologists working on the Harappa Project.
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.
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.
Indus Graffiti as Rock Art and their Astronomical
The Kanaga sign is very common in Indus rock art. It can be interpreted as the symbol for a primordial god and a Lord of space and time with an astronomical meaning.
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.
New Evidence on the 'Piltdown Horse' Hoa
From Frontline, Witzel and Farmer accuse Rajaram of fraud.
Of Rajaram's 'Horses', 'deciph
From Frontline, Asko Parpola responds to the claims of decipherment by Rajaram.
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.
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.