The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is offering a $1 million bounty to experts who can successfully interpret the Indus Valley ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

What can we now know about this lost world, the civilisation of the Indus Valley? The story begins with a small carved stone, used as a seal to stamp wet clay. "You could really say that that's ...

An ancient Indus Valley seal with mysterious inscriptions. Credit: ALFGRN / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Tamil Nadu government has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can decode the ancient script of the ...

These were then compared against 4,000 artefacts recovered from Indus Valley sites, including seals. As per the study, 42 ‘base signs’, 544 ‘variants’ and 1,521 ‘composite forms’ were identified at ...

These seals with writing on were found in the city of Mohenjo-Daro. What do you think they say? What can we learn about the writing that was left behind? Well, not very much. Indus Valley writing ...

Story continues below this ad The study compared marks on 15,000 pot shards found in 140 archaeological sites in Tamil Nadu with 4,000 artefacts, including seals, discovered at Indus Valley sites, and ...

Find out about different cities in the Indus Valley. What was everyday life like in the Indus Valley? Find out about everyday life in the Indus Valley. What jobs did people do and what did they do ...

Deciphering the Indus script could reveal if Indus seals were the first currency. These seals, diversified in their uses, might have economic significance and depicted guilds or clans. Interaction ...

The total research base is around 4,000 inscribed or stamped artifacts of pottery, sandstone, and copper, consisting of ...

On January 5, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced a $1-million prize for experts or organisations in the event of their success in deciphering the scripts of the Indus Valley ...