The Indus Script is the writing system developed by the Indus Valley Civilization and it is the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent. The origin of this script is poorly understood: this writing system remains undeciphered, there is no agreement on the language it represents, no bilingual texts have been found thus far and its connection with Indian writing systems proper (e.g. Brahmi, Devanagari and Bengali script) is uncertain. This is the main reason why the Indus Valley Civilization is one of the least known of the important early civilizations of antiquity.
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c. 3000 BCEFirst signs of urbanization in the Indus Valley.
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c. 2600 BCEHundreds of towns and cities are established throughout the Indus Valley.
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c. 2500 BCEEarliest use of the Indus Script.
