Iravatham Mahadevan

Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script

A recent paper by the late Iravatham Mahadevan and his collaborator M.V. Bhaskar looks at signs in the Indus script that can be related to physical features in the landscape, and how this might play out in terms of interpreting them. A number of interpretations seem to fit together nicely.

Interpreting the Indus Script: The Dravidian Solution

Iravatham Mahadevan

The Convocation Address of February 26, 2015 at the Dravidian University in Kuppam reflects on similarities between the Indus script and later Dravidian culture. With a number of illustrations and discussions of recent finds in south India.

Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study

Iravatham Mahadevan

An important new paper by one of the foremost figures in Indus script research who takes a popular four sign sequence and offers an interpretation.

Statistical Analysis of the Indus Script Using n-Grams

Nisha Yadav

Building on previous statistical approaches, the application of tools like n-gram Markov chains to analyze the syntax of the Indus script and form the basis for the development of a stochastic grammar to explore the syntax of the Indus script in greater detail.

The Indus Fish Swam in the Great Bath

Iravatham Mahadevan

Iravatham Mahadevan considers this late 2011 paper to be "one of the most important papers I have written."

How did the ‘great god’ get a ‘blue neck’?

Iravatham Mahadevan

A remarkable bilingual clue to the Indus script is examined.

A Statistical Approach for Pattern Search in Indus Writing

Nisha Yadav

The first of a continuing series of articles by scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) undertaking a scientific analysis of Indus sign patterns.

Segmentation of Indus Texts

Nisha Yadav

A statistical analysis by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Team.

A Megalithic Pottery Inscription and a Harappa Tablet: A case of extraordinary resemblance

Iravatham Mahadevan

The resemblance between an inscribed terracotta dish from approximately 100 BCE and a three-sided tablet found in Harappa.

A Note on the Muruku Sign of the Indus Script in light of the Mayiladuthurai Stone Axe Discovery

Iravatham Mahadevan

A proposed Indus sign reading of Muruku on a stone axe found in South India.

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