The government of Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher the cryptic script of ...

Four thousand years ago, the sprawling Indus valley civilization dominated the area of modern-day India and Pakistan. Although considered one of the world’s earliest civilizations and the ...

In 1924 – a hundred years ago – the Sanskrit and Persian ... the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization also deeply impacted internal politics in colonial India. Following the discovery ...

Audrey Truschke's book "India" offers a sweeping 5,000-year history of the region, covering its political, religious, and ...

Indus Valley Civilization, major sites Source ... changing little over the course of a thousand years. The IVC peaked from around 2700 BCE to 1700 BCE and represents the flowering of the Indian ...

Covering a period of 5,000 years -- from the Indus Valley Civilization to the present day -- renowned historian Audrey Truschke's new book, "India", provides readers with a comprehensive narrative of ...

So is Yadav, who has been fascinated by the Indus Valley civilization since learning about in the fourth grade. Even without the promise of a solution, the beauty of the task draws her back year ...

The Indus Valley civilization, also called the Harappan ... a researcher who has tried to decipher the script for 10 years, differs with Mr. Parpola on the fish hypothesis. She argues that the ...