What Language Did the Indus Valley Civilization Speak?

Look at the Doc's hair. He ran through a tornado (or hurricane?) to share this information with us. That's the kind of dedication that he has to his craft.

I'm from Punjab Pakistan where Harrapa is located. It's really so informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

I am kinda hoping for a Rosetta stone here. We know the Harappans traded a lot with Elam and Mesopotamia so I am kinda hoping they find something with text in both languages, there is still plenty of places not excavated yet, particularly in Elam. I guess chances of that is pretty slim though. But if it is a writing system (which is certainly seems to be) they must have used it for longer texts too, likely on fragile materials and finding one such text in readable shape would help a lot. I don't buy that they would invent reading but only use it on some official seals, writing is super useful.

also worth mentioning imo are (extinct) isolated languages; Vedda, Burushaski, Nihali & Kusunda

I love that they could tell it’s written right to left because they wrote the way I write things like birthday cards. You think you have so much room! Next thing you know you’re squeezing all the letters and running them down the side! 😂

The hard truth is that there's so little written text to translate, even if we could Like the loss of the codex from ancient Mexico that was destroyed, it creates an impenetrable barrier to bringing alive this ancient civilization

Wow, I must say I am thoroughly impressed by your deep study of the Indus Valley Civilization! Although I consider myself more of a science person, your dedication and passion for this subject have truly caught my attention. Your research is so detailed and thorough that it feels like an advanced mathematical or physics concept to me. I admire your ability to delve into this ancient civilization with such curiosity and intellectual rigor. Your work serves as a reminder that knowledge knows no boundaries and that all disciplines can offer valuable insights. Keep up the excellent work, and I look forward to seeing more of your fascinating studies!

There's some IVC graffiti found in archeological site of Keeladi or Aadhichanallur. The clay pots found in this site have IVC graffiti scribed on it. It shows there might be some links, either trade or migration from north to south since pottery found in S. India and IVC are of red and black unlike red in N. India. Another important note is when researchers analysed the black area of pot to find what was used, they found carbon nanotubes of 0.6nm don't know of exact value. So ancient people know about the process of strengthening the pot using carbon. Of course they have the knowledge as they had created uruk or woodz steel, which was the steel ingot used in making of Damascus steel.

Love your content. Obviously it's not a substitute for reading books and academic papers, but it's often a gateway drug for new topics that I didn't think of before.

Excellent video as always!

Keep up the great work, Dr Miano! 👏

Love your content! My personal hope is that you’ll do more long form content or even a podcast! But of course it’s just my personal wish (:

the history of language is one of my favourite subjects, any language/dialect written or spoken, thanks Doc!

Thank you for your work.

Great video, Doctor Miano!

Thank you David!

Thank you for not being a raging conspiracy theorist but actually making well researched videos, really appreciated

Mr Miano, we already know what language the Indus Valley Civilization spoke. Abhijit Chavda said it was Vedic Sanskrit, and he says he knows it, because he has cracked the Indus Valley script. I am sarcastic of course, Abhijit Chavda is ridiculous, but he does claim what I just said.

Fascinating as always!

Lovin the new look, Doc 🙌🏻