Harappa | The Ancient Indus Civilization

Regional Diversity in the Harappan World: The Evidence of the Seals

During the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, the Harappan Civilization covered an area of over one million square kilometers in South Asia, from the Afghan highlands to western India. Excavations at large urban sites like Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, and Dholavira, as well as at smaller production si… >

Father tongue, mother land

Peggy Mohan

Father tongue, mother land: The Birth of Languages in South Asia is a natural successor to Wanders, Kings, Merchants, taking on perhaps the biggest puzzle in Indian language history: what di… >

Different strategies in Indus agriculture: the goals and outcomes of farming choices

Jennifer Bates

Things were never simple in Indus times. This excellent paper neatly summarizes what we know about ancient Indus agricultural strategies in the face of diverse local conditions and possibly radical climate changes about 4,000 years ago. >

Deep Learning in Archiving Indus Script and Motif Information

Vaishnavi Dixit

One day Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be of great help in reading ancient Indus inscriptions. There are likely to be many steps before we get there however. >

Indus Signs and Graffiti Marks of Tamil Nadu

K. Rajan

This volume, sub-titled A Morphological Study represents a significant contribution to the study of ancient Indian scripts and cultural connections. The extensive documentation and classification of Tamil Nadu graffiti alone constitutes a valuable scholarly resource. >

Mesopotamia The Invention of the City

Gwendolyn Leick

Although not about the ancient Indus valley, this groundbreaking examination of ten ancient Mesopotamian cities is rich food for thought about how ancient Indus cities may have developed. >