THE Vedic river Sarasvati flows from the Himalayas (Mt. Kailash) to Somnath (Prabhas Patan, Gujarat) over approximately 1,600 kms. Over 2,000 archaeological sites have been listed on the river bank in a gazette prepared by Prof Gregory Possehl. The writing system of the civilisation is called Indus script. This has been decoded as mleccha smith guild tokens. Mleccha (cognate meluhha) is used as mlecchamukha (Sanskrit) and milakku (Pali) both words meaning ‘copper’. The smiths of the civilisation used the writing system to record their repertoire of minerals, metals, alloys, furnaces. The glyphs used are read rebus in mleccha language. The glyphs continued to be used on punch-marked coins from mints from Gandhar (Afghanistan) to Karur (South India) from 6th century BCE. Details are discussed at http://sites.google.com
Site Name: Indus script on sarasvati river Alternate Name: Vedic river sarasvati Country: India Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Nearest Town: Kurukshetra Nearest Village: Farmana
