TNPSC Thervupettagam

Deciphering Indus Valley script

January 7 , 2025 13 hrs 0 min 107 0
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has announced a $1 million prize for experts or organisations that succeed in deciphering the scripts of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
  • He also announced a 2-crore grant for setting up a chair in the name of noted archaeologist and epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan to continue the research on the IVC.
  • The government would institute two awards to honour and encourage the numismatists and epigraphists who had been working to highlight the ancientness of Tamil culture.
  • 60% of the graffiti marks found in Tamil Nadu had their parallels to the scripts found the Indus seals.
  • More than 90% of the graffiti marks of south India and the graffiti marks of the Indus Valley Civilisation had parallels.

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