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Mayank Vahia

Ancient Indus questions answered by Mayank Vahia, an astronomer and Indus script expert at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He has numerous articles on this website, and the essay TIFR Indus Script Research.

69. Are there connections between the Ramayana epic and the Indus Valley Civilization?

Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia
Shereen Ratnagar

Three experts respond to a question from one of our users.

71. Is there any reason to believe now that there might be a connection between the IVC script and the Easter Island Rongorongo?

Asko Parpola
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia
Nisha Yadav

Some similarities have been found in the glyphs between Rongorongo and Indus writing. As well, the direction of writing (boustrophedon) might be the same/similar to Indus. What do scholars say?

72. Were seals also used as art objects and were they influenced by Sumerian seals?

Asko Parpola
Dennys Frenez
Mayank Vahia
Nisha Yadav

"There can be no doubt that some Indus seals are fine artistic achievements. Probably one of the main functions of the seal's iconographic motifs, and the quality of their carving, was to convey the status of the seal owner."

74. Are there tablets or seals having paragraphic Indus Script or is it just used for decorations and captions?

Asko Parpola
Mayank Vahia

The Babylonian texts like Code of Hammurabi in Akkadian and Sumerian seals of Urukagina state legal codes and regulations. Although the Indus script hasn't been deciphered, have any of the excavations resulted in similar seals which contain major textual references or is the Indus script just used as a tool for decoration?

75. Where does the interpretive controversy with Farmer on the Indus script stand today?

Asko Parpola
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia

Answered by Massimo Vidale, Asko Parpola and Mayank Vahia.

76. Is there any relation between Vedic and Indus Civilization as many Indus and Saraswati sites have been found in the region which is called Saptasindhu in Vedas?

Mayank Vahia

Answered by Mayank Vahia.

77. Was the diet of the Indus valley inhabitants vegetarian or non-vegetarian?

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia

Did the Indus valley civilization people cultivate paddy or wheat? Was their diet vegan or vegetarian? 3 scholars reply.

89. What is the relevance of Harappan civilization in today's world?

Gwen Robbins Schug
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia
Nisha Yadav
Paolo Biagi
Rita P. Wright

Answered by Massimo Vidale, Mayank Vahia, Gwen Robbins Schug, Nisha Yadav, Paolo Biagi and Rita P. Wright

52. When did the Indus Valley Civilization start?

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Mayank Vahia
Nisha Yadav
Paolo Biagi

Answer to question 52. from our panel of leading ancient Indus archaeologists.

60. Who gave the same name "Mound of Dead" (Lothal & Mohenjo-daro) in different languages to these two places?

Dennys Frenez
Massimo Vidale
Mayank Vahia

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

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