I would like to note that we have discussed in detail Ganesan’s etymologies here in a couple of threads in January and April of 2015. The following post is one that may be of interest to those interested in these etymologies.
http://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology_list.indology.info/2015-January/040639.html 

Regards,
Palaniappan


On Feb 3, 2017, at 4:27 PM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Posted on behalf of N. Ganeshan:

I would like to draw attention to this paper on Munda expansion from South East Asia.  
Munda people expansion is said to be only from 3500 BP.
Reconstructing Austroasiatic prehistory
by Roger Blench,
Chapter in Jenny, M. & P. Sidwell (eds.) 2015. Handbook of the Austroasiatic Languages. Leiden: Brill.

Also, my three papers on Indus crocodile religion, its appearance as Anthropomorphic Axe in Tamil Nadu as monolithic sculptures during Early Iron Age:

(1) Gharial god and Tiger goddess in the Indus valley, Some aspects of Bronze Age Indian Religion, 2007

(2) A Dravidian Etymology for Makara - Crocodile, 2011.
Prof. V. I. Subramanian memorial volume, Int. School of Dravidian Linguistics, Trivandrum, Kerala.

On 27 Jan 2017 at 8:07, Andrew Ollett via INDOLOGY wrote:

I hesitate to pass this popular-science treatment of the question along, since it is tinged with
some personal animosity, but this just appeared two days ago:

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1 /25/14371450/indus-valley-civi lization-ancient-seals-symbols -language-algorithms-ai

2017-01-27 6:37 GMT-05:00 Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indo logy at list.indology.info>>:
    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 at list.indology.info<mailto:indo logy at 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

    From: alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indo logy at list.indology.info>>
    To: indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indo logy at 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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