In the first issue of 1997, Expedition was published by the Penn. The Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States published the foolscap image of the Arya Samaja leader displaying the Copper Age sword in both of his hands. After the three odd decades, another delegation explored artefacts of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, including the ancient swords from the period of the Mahabharata in the Jhajjar district of Haryana.
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The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), one of the world’s earliest urban cultures, continues to fascinate historians, linguists, and archaeologists. Its undeciphered script, stamped on seals and terracotta artefacts, has remained an unsolved puzzle for over four millennia. With the advent of artificial intelligence in the 21st century, the possibility of decoding this ancient script has drawn renewed global attention. While the excavated ruins of this Bronze Age civilisation largely belong to northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, voices from southern India have recently become active in sponsoring cryptographic research, even announcing million-dollar rewards for anyone who successfully decrypts the script.
One name stands out in this pursuit: The cryptographer Bharath Rao, also known as Yajanadevam.
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