Of the writing systems of the ancient world which still await
deciphering, the Indus script is the most important. It developed
in the Indus or Harappan Civilization, which flourished c.
2500-1900 BC in and around modern Pakistan, collapsing before the
earliest historical records of South Asia were composed. Nearly
4,000 samples of the writing survive, mainly on stamp seals and
amulets, but no translations. Professor Parpola is the chief editor
of the Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. His ideas about the
script, the linguistic affinity of the Harappan language, and the
nature of the Indus religion are informed by a remarkable command
of Aryan, Dravidian, and Mesopotamian sources, archaeological
materials, and linguistic methodology. His fascinating study
confirms that the Indus script was logo-syllabic, and that the
Indus language belonged to the Dravidian family.
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