The government of Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher the cryptic script of ...

There are strong genetic links between the Indus people and modern South Asians, which encompasses Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, they found. Study ...

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?

In the arid, wind-scoured plains of Balochistan, Pakistan, an archaeological revelation has overturned decades of assumptions. A team of international scientists has revised the age of South Asia ...

It developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5,300 to 3,300 years ago. The Indus cities were at their richest between and 2600 and 1900 BC.

Covering a period of 5,000 years -- from the Indus Valley Civilization to the present day -- renowned historian Audrey Truschke's new book, "India", provides readers with a comprehensive narrative of ...

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.

Spanning 3300 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E, the Indus Valley civilization represents one of the area’s earliest societies, flourishing the fertile plains of the Indus River.

The Indus is the longest river in South Asia, spanning over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles). It includes a complex system of tributaries that flows from Tibet, through divided Kashmir, ...