With around 5,000 different ethno-linguistic and religious groups, India is one of the most culturally and genetically ...

The skeletal remains suggested that the inhabitants of this submerged city had a complex social structure. Together, these ...

With around 5,000 different ethno-linguistic and religious groups, India is one of the most culturally and genetically ...

The Indus is an antecedent river, which means it has existed for over 50 million years, since the Indian plate first collided with Asia and gave rise to the Himalayas. Geologist Peter Clift, who ...

For 150 years, people have tried to decipher mysterious symbols written by an advanced civilization believed to rival ancient Egypt. Can a $1 million prize help crack the puzzle?

Explore the Indus Valley Civilisation, its discovery, key sites, timeline, urban planning, economy, trade, and the reasons behind its decline.

Linguist Peggy Mohan examines early Indus Valley languages and their lack of ‘literature’ An excerpt from ‘Father Tongue, Motherland: The Birth of Languages in South Asia’, by Peggy Mohan.

It is a riddle that has confounded scholars for over a century. And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization ...

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 ...

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.