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[James C. Bennett]

If they could figure out trans-national trade, construction of rectangularly-laid city blocks and indoor plumbing made of fired clay components, they probably knew how to read and write:

Indus bath / pool ruins:

Indus sewage system (cover tiles removed):

Indus trade seal:

 

Indus map:

 

Time period: Circa 3300 BC to Circa 1300 BC.

[Sherman Logan]

If you want to get into some truly bizarre conversations, I recommend Indian websites dedicated to the idea that the Aryans didn’t invade and conquer India.

The obvious correspondence in the Indo-European languages is instead due to the Indo-Europeans originating in India and spreading from there to Persia and Europe. (We’ll leave aside the fact that there is no historical evidence of any migration in this direction other than that of the Gypsies. While there are multiple examples of invasions from Central Asia into the subcontinent.)

Very odd people. Europeans aren’t offended because the areas where they now live were conquered by Indo-European speaking peoples from elsewhere, but some Indians definitely are.