But more interesting is what they did not have: no king, army, or religion. The Indus Valley Civilization undermines the Enlightenment idea of historical progress as global and linear.

Keeladi is a small town near Madurai where excavations have revealed evidence of an advanced urban civilisation dating back ...

When the outside world uses the word ‘uncivilised’, it usually refers to disrespect for law and order, public misbehaviour, religious intolerance, mob violence, rampant corruption, injustice and super ...

The government of Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher the cryptic script of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization (IVC). Chief Minister M.K ...

The Indus Valley Civilization, existing from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, is one of the world's earliest urban cultures. Despite extensive archaeological excavations, its script remains undeciphered ...

Officials Are Offering $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Decode This Ancient Script The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today’s historians haven’t yet deciphered.

Though the script has remained unsolved since its earliest samples were published in 1875, we do know a little about Indus Valley culture itself – thanks to archaeological excavations of major ...

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.

The Indus Valley Civilisation, or Harappan Civilisation, is thought to have flourished between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE and is primarily located in present-day Pakistan and north-western India.