Context:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced on Sunday a $1-million prize for experts or organisations that succeeded in deciphering the scripts of the Indus Valley Civilisation for everyone to understand.
The Indus Script
- The Indus script, also called the Harappan script or the Indus Valley Script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.
- The script has not been deciphered despite numerous attempts.
- Publication
- The first publication of a seal with Harappan symbols was in 1875.
- Script
- The Brahmi script is said to be associated with the Indus system, and scholars believe this.Some also associate it with a Dravidian language.
The Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also called the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilization of northwestern South Asia between 3300 and 1300 BCE, and in its mature form between 2600 and 1900 BCE.
- Location
- The sites are spread all over the land of modern Pakistan, northwestern India, and northeast Afghanistan.
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Major Sites
- Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi
