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Books on the un-deciphered ancient Indus writing or sign system

Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, Vol. 2

Sayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah

Volume 2 of the most comprehensive listing of ancient Indus seals covers collections in Pakistan, including many seals found in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro before Independence. >

Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, Vol. 3.1

  • Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, Vol. 3 by Asko Parpola
Asko Parpola

Volume 3.1 Mohenjo-daro and Harappa of the most comprehensive listing of ancient Indus seals includes new material, untraced objects, and collections outside India and Pakistan. >

Indus Seals (2600-1900 BCE) Beyond Geometry: A New Approach to Break an Old Code

Parveen Talpur

A Sindhi writer and scholar examines the manifold relationships between Indus artifacts and elements of Sindhi culture that still exist or did so in the near past. >

Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World

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Marta Ameri

Case Studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia Finally, the book we have long – decades, in fact – been waiting for, a comprehensive view of seals and sealings in the ancient world, from the Mediterranean to the Indus Valley. This has been essential because, as the authors argue from the very start, seals were social objects. >

Walking with the Unicorn: Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia: Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation Volume

Dennys Frenez

Walking with the Unicorn is an extraordinary volume and tribute to Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and his profound and extensive impact on the field of ancient Indus studies. Contributors include some 80% of the world's leading ancient Indus scholars who contributed some 45 illustrated articles. >

Journey of a Civilization Indus to Vaigai

R. Balakrishnan

This is an exceptional book, from its high production value to well marshaled arguments and the broad perspective of its author, R. Balakrishnan. He has been researching the materials for decades in a careful and constructive manner. It is also a tribute to the late Iravatham Mahadevan, one of my favorite people in ancient Indus studies and India's most accomplished Indus script scholar. >

A Catalog of Indus Signs [II]

  • A Catalogue of Indus Signs II
Andreas Fuls

This, the second volume of a comprehensive catalog of Indus signs "lists all Indus inscriptions that are currently available and presents the temporal as well as spatial distribution of inscribed ar… >

Corpus of Indus Inscriptions [I]

Andreas Fuls

This book, at least 15 years in the making, is a major contribution to the study of the ancient Indus script, the product of diligent research and the careful collection of all known Indus inscriptions into a single database and two volume publication. >

The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and Its Connections with Other Scripts

G. R. Hunter

The best guess at what some Indus signs may have meant and sounded like, especially the sequence of fish signs, came in this very first book on the ancient script published by an employee of the Indian Educational Service in 1933. >

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants

Peggy Mohan

Peggy Mohan's Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages offers a fascinating linguistic journey through Indian history, examining how migrations, conquests, and cultural exchanges have shaped the languages of the subcontinent. >

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