The Importance of Long Texts in the Indus Valley

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There's reason to believe that those texts might really be out there. We've barely scratched the surface of the Indus Valley. Only 10% of the archaeological sites have been excavated. But it's also possible, like some of the naysayers are saying, they may not even exist. This possibility is something we need to consider.

The Indus Valley civilization was one of the largest, most advanced civilizations in the ancient world. But we barely know anything about them, in large part because we haven’t been able to decipher the cryptic symbols they left behind.

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