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.

Books Received Published: 05 September 1925 The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered: discovering Sumerians of Indus Valley as Ph"nicians, Barats, Goths and Famous Vedic Aryans, 3100–2300 B.C. Nature ...

The Pashupati Seal Figure 2. The Pashupati seal, with surrounding animals and Indus script. 2600-1900 BCE.