Agricultural Terms in the Indus Script
Iravatham Mahadevan explores a set of ancient Indus signs that he believes are related to agriculture using comparisons to signs in ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations.
Ancient Indus civilization articles which can be downloaded and read as PDF files from this site.
Indus Script: Search for Grammar
Indus Script: Search for Grammar is based on a lecture first given at the Chennai Seminar The Indus Script: Problems and Prospects in 2006 with an update in Dec. 2007.
Bead Technologies at Harappa 3300-1900 BC: A Comparative Study
The author discusses how study of bead manufacture and the changing styles of beaded ornaments are important methods for investigating the social and economic development of Harappan society.
Stone Beads in Ancient South Asia - 7000-600 BC: A comparative approach to technology, style, and ideology
As the study of beads becomes more precise, it is also important to develop more comprehensive chronological frameworks to track the changes in bead technologies and styles.
Harappan Craft Specialization and the Question of Urban Segregation and Stratification
Defining specialized crafts in Indus cities and the methodologies needed for studying crafts in an archaeological context.
The Tiny Steatite Seals of Harappa
A closer look at the tablets discovered at Harappa during HARPS excavations and the locations where they were discovered at the site.
Seals and Sculptures of the Indus Cities
An exhibition being held in New York and Madison, Wisconsin, in 1998 on the representational art of the Indus Valley reveals a highly developed artistic tradition with many styles and techniques of production.
Sensitivity of Indus Script to Site and Type of Object
An important new article compares the occurrence of seals in Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan, Chanhudaro.
Urban Process in the Indus Tradition: A Preliminary Model from Harappa
An examination of the city's settlement remains which changed with the onset of urban growth and development in Harappa.
Stoneware Industry of the Indus Civilization: An Evolutionary Dead-end in the History of Ceramic Technology
An article examining the construction of ceramic stoneware in the Indus Valley Civilization with a focus on Mohenjo-daro.