Indus

The Indus script probably developed around 2600 B.C. All together, over 3,500 examples of writing have been found so far. However, we still do not know what they say since the language of the Indus Valley people is unknown and the script is undeciphered.

Most Indus Valley inscriptions are between one and twenty-six signs long and appear on seals. Experts believe that the Indus script was probably written from right to left. There is a good chance that these seals carried people's names or titles.

There are no known examples of longer administrative or literary texts. This means that it is very difficult, perhaps impossible, to work out the structure of the script. If longer or bilingual texts are found one day, it may then be possible to work out what the Indus signs mean.

Examples of Indus script have been found on many different types of materials such as terracotta, stone, shell, bone and metal.