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+---
+title: The Indus script
+kind: problem
+status: open
+year: 1924
+statement: Do the symbols of the Indus Valley Civilization write a language, and if so which?
+space: scripts-and-the-past
+---
 
+There are about 4,000 inscriptions, most only a few signs long, and no bilingual text. Whether the signs even encode language is disputed.
+ 
+## Sources
+ 
+- [Wikipedia: Indus script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_script)
+ 
+[[Space:scripts-and-the-past|Scripts and the past]] · [[Continent:society|Society]]

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There are about 4,000 inscriptions, most only a few signs long, and no bilingual text. Whether the signs even encode language is disputed.

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Scripts and the past · Society