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Ancient Indus questions answered by Dr. Asko Parpola, Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and author of Deciphering the Indus Script and The Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. He has numerous articles on this website, and the essay Deciphering the Indus Script.

62. How old is the oldest ancient Indus writing?

Asko Parpola
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia
Nisha Yadav

Another question answered by expert ancient Indus scholars.

65. Why have Western and Indian experts studied the Harappan civilisation?

Asko Parpola
Massimo Vidale
Shereen Ratnagar

Among the more intriguing questions from site visitors, answered by three Indus archaeologists, from India, Italy and Finland.

68. If Harappan civilisation spoke a Dravidian language, how old is this 'spoken' language?

Asko Parpola
Mayank Vahia
Shereen Ratnagar

Another answer from our panel of ancient Indus experts to a question posed by site visitors.

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