The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered

About this book

The tiny seals excavated in the Indus Valley seemed to hold an entire lost language. L. A. Waddell believed he could read them and uncover close links between Sumerian civilisation and peoples far beyond Mesopotamia.

His proposed decipherments are rejected by modern scholars, and the Indus script has yet to receive a generally accepted reading. Waddell reproduces signs and offers bold linguistic comparisons that reveal the speculative atmosphere surrounding the finds. The seals themselves remain compelling objects, even after the grand historical scheme he built around them has collapsed.