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Indus Script

A corpus of short sign sequences, especially on seals; no reading of the script is established.

The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.

Indus stamp seal and modern impression, The Met 49.40.1

At a glance

Evidence and writing

Evidence / period
Third to second millennia BCE
Region
Indus region, northwestern South Asia
Writing system
Indus signs; undeciphered
Site status
Coming soon

Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.