The Indus Script: Decoding the Harappan Puzzle

In this Deep Dive episode, we explore the undeciphered Indus script of the Harappan civilization. With thousands of inscribed seals and texts—often just five signs long—and no bilingual Rosetta Stone, the question remains: is it a genuine language or a symbolic system? We dissect the leading theories—from Dravidian-linked linguistics to skeptics who see non-linguistic proto-writing—and weigh the evidence from sign inventories, direction of writing, and recent computational analyses. Join us as we consider what deciphering the Indus script could reveal about one of humanity's oldest civilizations.

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