INDUS SCRIPT

INDUS SCRIPT 

After the discovery of Harappa and Mohen jo daro, two principal cities of the great Indus Valley Civilization, in the early twenties, John Marshall conducted archaeological excavations at the site of Mohen jo daro in 1922. 

It was for the first time that a pictorial script of the 3rd millennium B.C. was found written on the seals, potshards and other archaeological objectfinds. The archaeologists and scholars attempted to decipher the script of the Indus Civilization soon after its discovery but found no match in the old records anywhere in the world to reach any conclusion. Finally, Asko Parpola and John Hunter conducted computerized studies to decipher it but in vain. However, many linguists and etymologists are still in pursuit of finding any clue to the genesis of the ancient script. However, most of the researchers believe, though hypothetically, that while striking cultural similarities do exist between the ancient and modern civilization of Sindh, the possibility of Indus script being SINDHI cannot be ruled out altogether.