Tamil Nadu | Harappa

Articles on the Indian language Tamil Nadu and speculations concerning its possible connection to the language or writing system used by the ancient Indus Valley civilization

Meluhha and Agastya: Alpha and Omega of the Indus Script

Iravatham Mahadevan

In a tour-de-force of interpretation, Iravatham Mahadevan attempts to interpret two of the most common ancient Indus signs using parallels from old Tamil. >

Agricultural Terms in the Indus Script

Iravatham Mahadevan

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. >

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. >

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 Dravidian solution to the Indus script problem

Asko Parpola

A Dravidian solution to the Indus script problem was presented as the Katalgnar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Research Endowment Lecture on June 25, 2010 in Coimbatore. >

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

Iravatham Mahadevan

A remarkable bilingual clue to the Indus script is examined. >