South Asian - Writing

Mehluha
From the About.com Guide to Archaeology, Meluha is the Mesopotamian word for the people who came to trade and live in the great Akkadian period port cities in Sarasvati-Sindhu civilizations.

Dani Interview: Full Text
Harappa site's Omar Khan interviews Agha Hassan Dani, archaeologist and Sanskritologist, about Dravidian origins of the Indus language.

Iravatham Mahadevan
Mahadevan's text-only An Encylopaedia of the Indus Script is a review of Parpola's work above.

Asko Parpola
Text-only version of the 13 sections of this Finnish Indologist's Deciphering the Indus Script. Includes theory proto-Dravidian origins, astral relationships and religious significance.

Around the Indus in 90 slides 2
While HARP, the excavators of the early Harappan period known as Ravi are not interested in the race for the earliest writing, they have found writing dating from 3300-2800 BC. See Intro.

Harappa
Learn about the Ancient Indus Valley, seals, Rohri Quarries, fisherfolk, recent discoveries, the Indus script, Mohenjo-daro, and Lothal.