Indus Valley Civilization is one of the greatest civilizations of the bygone age that followed in a wider geographical area when compared with other contemporary civilizations such as Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Chinese civilizations. The seals, advanced metallurgy, ceramic technology, well-planned city, monumental architecture, granaries, dockyard, standardized weights, trans-oceanic international trade, underground drainage system, subterranean canals displaying excellent water harvesting system, diversified agricultural activities, domestication of cattle, usage of script, boat building technology, resource mobilization through well-established trade routes, well-structured administrative system and firm state regulations are some of the hallmarks of Indus Valley Civilization. Irrespective of these achievements reconstructed based on material evidences, the non-decipherment of the Indus script remains an enigma in Indian history that prevents us from understanding their language and script. The decipherment of the Indus script would help to reconstruct the entire social, cultural, political and economic life of the Harappans. To date, the cultural life of the Indus people is being reconstructed exclusively based on material culture unearthed in excavations. Understanding the appearance and disappearance of this well-established writing system still eludes scholars and serious attempts to decipher the script are still going on at various levels. One among them is the comparative study of the Indus script with graffiti marks. The long survival of graffiti marks and their survival as parallel systems started receiving the attention of scholars. Limited evidence, non-availability of archaeological context and improper documentation still elude scholars in understanding the nature of graffiti marks. However, there is visible evidence to show the relationship between the Indus script and Graffiti marks. In the present work, an attempt is made to compare the graffiti marks encountered in archaeological excavations of Tamil Nadu with the Indus script. The findings are placed before the scholars for academic scrutiny. The preliminary morphological analysis of these marks clearly indicates that these are not merely unintentional marks rather there must be a specific meaning to it. The comparative study made with the Indus script indicates a close resemblance. We firmly believe that faithful documentation and interpretation are the only answers to decipher the Indus script. In that way, the present monograph is one of the finest efforts in that direction. I congratulate all the scholars and researchers involved in compiling the work particularly the authors of the monograph.
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