In my book "The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization",

New York: Oxford University Press, 2015,

I present manifold evidence for the Dravidian affinity of the Harappan language.

With best regards, 

Asko Parpola

Professor Emeritus of Indology,

University of Helsinki, Finland

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

There is no consensus about which language or languages the Harappan (Indus Valley Civilization) people spoke.

The script is considered by most to be logo-syllabic, not heiroglyphic.

Farmer, Witzel, Sproat consider it to be a sign system rather than a script associated with any particular language.

Best,

Dean

Dr. Dean Michael Anderson

East West Cultural Institute

Austin, Texas, USA

Pondicherry, India

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From: alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
To: indology@list.indology.info
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 11:44 AM
Subject: [INDOLOGY] INDUS CIVILISATION.

To All,

While going through some books on Indus valley civilisation , I failed to find out one
answer. Though the Harappana & Mohenjo daro script has been inferred as more of a Hieroglyphic
type, what dialect/language did they speak ?
Would love to be enlightened on this point.


ALAKEND DAS.

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