If Curov can be shown to be right, the Dravidian character of the Indus Script would be conclusively established as the The best examples of the common writing were the Linear A script, Proto-Elamite, Uruk script Indus Valley writing, and then Libyco-Berber writing. The Indus script has been known for a little over 40 years, and it has so far resisted all attempts at decipherment. (fig 8) Location of Indus Valley civilization Yamnaya Steppe pastoralist ancestry into south Asia and Europe It is based on the assumption that the language spoken in the Indus cities was a form of Proto-Dravidian. The Padma Shri recipient turned 88 on October 2, but his nearly four decades of work – to establish the language of the Indus civilization as an early form of Dravidian script – continues. Indus/Harappa script The Indus or Harappa script collection of symbols used in the Indus valley in northern India between about 3,500 and 2,000 BC. Time passed. (This article is based on Mahadevan’s research paper titled ‘Dravidian proof of the Indus script via the Rg Veda- A Case study’. Iravatham Mahadevan, a well-known expert in Indian epigraphy, especially the Indus and Tamil Brahmi scripts, on Friday unveiled what he termed as his long years of studies on the Indus Valley script, demonstrably showing that the language of that once great civilisation “was an early form of the Dravidian.” Al-though the Elamites and Sumerians abandoned this writing in favour of the cuneiform script, the Dravidians, Mino-ans and Mande (the creators of the Libyco-Berber writing) continued to use the Proto-Saharan script. The only problem was that namana was Sanskrit, and the experts agreed that Indus script probably encoded a Dravidian language, with Indo-Iranian languages not a possibility. ‘Indus script early form of Dravidian’ - The Hindu Iravatham Mahadevan, a well-known expert in Indian epigraphy, especially the Indus and Tamil Brahmi scripts, on Friday unveiled what he termed as his long years of studies on the Indus Valley script, demonstrably showing that the language of that once great civilisation “was an early form of the Dravidian.” Proto-Dravidian language originated or diverged from Harappan dialect 5000–6000 years ago. Some believe that these symbols are non-linguistic, while others argue that they represent a Dravidian language. Although the Elamites and Sumerians abandoned this writing in favor of the cuneiform script, the Dravidians, Minoans, Mande and Olmecs continue to use the Proto-Saharan script. writing were the Linear A script, Proto-Elamite, Uruk script, Indus Valley writ-ing and the Libyco-Berber writing22. Dravidian word to suit the pictographic significance of the '~arer' sign, but also the most satisfying homo­ phone from linguistic as ' well as cultural considerations. Indus script is Dravidian Eminent Finnish Indologist Asko Parpola on the status of research on the undeciphered script, the new Dholavira finds, whether the Indus script was a system of writing, the Dravidian-Aryan question, the present state of Sanskrit and Vedic studies in …