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Scholar finds engravings of Indus script on stones in Khirthar mountains

Scholar finds engravings of Indus script on stones in Khirthar mountains

Professor Aziz Kingrani claims to have discovered 60 symbols resembling the script etched in stones
Updated 09 Sep, 2019

Indus script and its variant have been discovered etched in stones in Khirthar Range of mountains near Wahi Pandhi town by research scholar Prof Aziz Kingrani.

The script has so far been found only in Moenjodaro and it was the first time it had been discovered outside the ruined city, according to the professor.

He told Dawn on Sunday that he had discovered 60 symbols resembling those Indus seal script engraved on rocks in Khirthar mountains and said according to Asko Parpola, the Indus script was invented during 2600 BC to 1900 BC.

He said that the area where the Indus script was found was approximately at a distance of 200 kilometres from Moenjodaro along the old trade routes that were in use at that time and led from Sindh to western countries.

He said the Indus seals script and its variant including its inverse and obverse signs inscribed on rocks could be considered a piece of evidence for existence of linkage of urban society of the Indus Valley Civilisation with its towns, villages and other remote areas.

He explained that probably, Indus seal script or writing system of Indus Civilisation was prevalent in these localities during the period of Indus Civilisation in the third millennium BC.

And possibly, later, due to invention of other early scripts like as Brahmi script the trend of the usage of Indus writing system gradually disappeared, he suggested.

He proclaimed that it was the first time the Indus script had been discovered engraved on rocks in Sindh by him and believed that the inscriptions of Indus script had been commissioned from Bronze Age to early Iron Age.

Originally published in Dawn, September 9th, 2019

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Chris Roberts Sep 09, 2019 12:19pm
This is fascinating. There will likely be other similar discoveries revealing still more about this part of our human history.
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srikanth Sep 09, 2019 12:22pm
Nice , Please preserve it
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Saira Sep 09, 2019 01:25pm
Very interesting. Hope these places will be restored since they are significant in the mystery solving of this ancient language and script.
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Venki Sep 09, 2019 01:27pm
Its very sad. Honestly, Pakistan , fortunately , got very rich heritage that no other country has got. If its developed , the tourism industry will boom like anything.
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JustSaying Sep 09, 2019 01:47pm
The Glorious Asian Age of Knowledge and Scientific Temperament ( 5000 years ago) before it was Brutally Destroyed and Ravaged by Senseless Marauders with a different Ideology...
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MSR Sep 09, 2019 02:51pm
@JustSaying please don’t say that . Aryan invaders also brought their own culture enriching South Asia further . You can’t say Aryans were just marauders
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Imtiaz Ali Khan Sep 09, 2019 03:25pm
Our Ancestors were Buddhist, Hindu and Zoroastrians. I'm a Sufi Muslim and love my Saint I follow Baba Bhit Shah. Good job keep discovering more.
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Hasmukh dave Sep 09, 2019 03:42pm
Please get carbon dated and share information to world as it can help to decipher Indus Script , If successful, We will know our ancient History correctly.
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JawAd Sep 09, 2019 04:19pm
@JustSaying The destruction of the Indus Valley Civilisation is attributed to floods .
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RationalBabu Sep 09, 2019 05:12pm
@JustSaying you hit the nail on the head!
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Shah Sep 09, 2019 05:28pm
Pakistan is one of the three places where human civilizations centered around rivers started: Indus (Pakistan), Tigris (Iraq) and the Nile (Egypt). Pakistan is truly the cradle of civilization with thousands of years of history.
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Jehengir Khan Sep 09, 2019 06:58pm
Amazing finding....history is so rich and fascinating....
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Right Voice Sep 10, 2019 07:32pm
Unfortunately the Indus script is undechipered.
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