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Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Ancient Indus questions answered by Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, who teaches at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is Co-Director of HARP (the Harappan Archaeological Research Project), author of Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization and The Ancient South Asian World. He has numerous articles on this website, and the slideshows Around the Indus in 90 Slides, and Around the Indus in 90 Slides 2 among others.

54. What was used to bind bricks and is there any similarity with ancient brick structures elsewhere in India?

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Another answer to a question from you by our panel of leading Indus archaeologists.

93. Why do some people call Harappan civilization the "steatite civilization"?

Dennys Frenez
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Massimo Vidale
Nisha Yadav

And what exactly is steatite?

Dennys Frenez, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Nisha Yadav and Massimo Vidale respond.

55. What material was used to suspend the beads/pendants etc.?

Dennys Frenez
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Another answer to a question from you by our panel of leading Indus archaeologists.

94. Is there any link between the words "indus" and industry?

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Another answer to a question from you by our panel of leading Indus archaeologists.

57. Have any ship wrecked Indus ships been discovered? There should have been many due to the extensive trade with Sumeria over many centuries.

Dennys Frenez
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Massimo Vidale
Paolo Biagi
Randall Law

Dennys Frenez

Textiles and Basketry of the Indus Tradition: Archaeological Evidence and Historical Legacy

Priest King and Reconstruction
1:04:03
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer's Deccan College Lecture on April 10 2021 goes into the earliest evidence of textiles in the greater Indus Valley, from Mehrgarh in 7000 BCE through Indus times, digging into the specific varieties of cotton, linen, flax, silk and other plant fibers and even colours used. >

58. Why has the language of Harappa not been deciphered?

Asko Parpola
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Massimo Vidale
Nisha Yadav

What are the difficulties which makes it impossible to decipher the Harappan language? Aren't there any similarities with other languages?

Scholars answer another question from site visitors.

Textiles of the Indus Civilization: with a special focus on cotton

Indus Textile and Figurine
26:57
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer discusses the oldest evidence of cotton in the world, at the site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, and early uses of cotton and other fibres in the ancient Indus civilization. Examples of textile use compared with similar patterns and usage in modern times. >

61. Is there any research going on in analysing DNA of human remains to identify their origins? If not why not?

Gwen Robbins Schug
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia
Paolo Biagi

Another answer to a question from you by our panel of leading ancient Indus archaeologists.

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.

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