The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the world's oldest urban societies and is still mysterious, attracting scholars and enthusiasts to uncover its secrets. Among all its mysteries, perhaps the ...

Four-thousand years ago, an urban civilization lived and traded on what is now the border between Pakistan and India. During the past century, thousands of artifacts bearing hieroglyphics left by this ...

The government of Tamil Nadu, a state in India, has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher the Indus script, one of the greatest unsolved linguistic mysteries of the ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi It is a riddle that has ...

Figure 1. 'Unicorn' stamp seal and modern impression. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access/Public domain In my previous post, I discussed the Indian subcontinent's first civilization and ...

Harappa was one of the large cities created by the Indus Valley civilization. Smn121 via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 What happened to the Indus Valley civilization? The culture, also known as ...