Key points Engraved with signs and images, the Indus seals were used to brand wares and sign contracts. The famous Pashupati seal seems to depict the Hindu god Shiva, sitting in a yogic pose. The ...

The script has remained undeciphered for more than a century. Carved stone seal from the Indus Valley civilization (ca. 2,500 B.C.E.). Photo by DEA/G. Nimatallah/De Agostini via Getty Images.

Comment Published: 20 October 2015 Ancient civilization: Cracking the Indus script Andrew Robinson Nature 526, 499–501 (2015) Cite this article ...

The famous Pashupati seal seems to depict the Hindu god Shiva, sitting in a yogic pose. The Indus script, which remains undeciphered, bears witness to the early history of writing. Figure 1.