The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c6.42

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Race. It is not likely that the originators of the script were Aryans, since the latter are not believed to have entered India before 1200 B.C., at the earliest, whereas the script, as proved by Mr. Mackay's find at Kish,¹ existed many centuries before that date. It is probable that the Indus Valley prior to the arrival of the Aryans was inhabited by Dravidians, and that the Brahuis of the neighbourhood are a remnant of this stock; but this is not certain, nor would it exclude the possibility of a riverine or maritime folk of a different race being responsible for Mohenjodaro and Harappa.