Research Papers of Iravatham Mahadevan
Iravatham Mahadevan is a pioneer in the area of Indus research and epigraphy. His contributions in the area of Indus and Dravidian studies are invaluable resources for linguists, historians, and archaeologists alike. He is instrumental in setting up the Indus Research Centre in RMRL in 2007. His papers on Indus studies are available for the readers to download.
- 2016Diary No. 10
- 2017Diary No. 9
- 2015Diary No. 7
- 2014Diary No. 6
- 2011Diary No. 5
- 2009Diary No. 4
- 2001Diary No. 3
- 2006Diary No. 2
- 2004Diary No. 1
- 2010The Indus Script : Text and Context : A Statistical-Positional Analysis of Significant Text Segments
- 2010Harappan Heritage of Andhra: A New Interpretation
- 2010Akam and Puṟam : ‘Address’ Signs of the Indus Script
- 2009Vestiges of Indus Civilization in Old Tamil
- 2009Meluhha and Agastya : Alpha and Omega of the Indus script
- 2008How did the 'great god' get a 'blue neck'? A bilingual clue to the Indus Script
- 2007A Megalithic Pottery Inscription and a Harappa Tablet: A Case of Extraordinary Resemblance
- 2006Inscriptions and Graffiti on Pottery from Pattanam (Mucir/i), Kerala
- 2006Agricultural Terms in the Indus Script
- 2006A Note on the Muruku Sign of the Indus Script
- 2001Indus-like Symbols on Megalithic Pottery: New Evidence
- 2001Aryan or Dravidian or Neither? A Study of Recent Attempts to Decipher the Indus Script
- 1999`Murukaṉ’ in the Indus Script
- 1998Phonetic Value of the 'Arrow' Sign in the Indus Script
- 1995An Encyclopaedia of the Indus Script
- 1993The Sacred Filter Standard Facing the Unicorn : More Evidence
- 1989What do we know about the Indus script? Neti neti (‘Not this nor that’)
- 1987Archaeological Context of Indus Texts at Mohenjodaro
- 1986Towards a Grammar of the Indus Texts : 'Intelligible to the eye, if not to the ears'
- 1986The Indus Script and Related Subjects : A Bibliography of Recent Studies
- 1986Study of the Indus Script : A Bi-lingual Approach
- 1986Dravidian Models of Decipherment of the Indus Script : A Case Study
- 1986Data Base for the Indus Script : A Computerised Concordance of the Indus Texts
- 1986Agastya legend and the Indus Civilization
- 1986A Computer Study of the Indus Script
- 1985Claims of Decipherment of the Indus Script: Some Objective Methods to test their Validity
- 1983The Cult Object on Unicorn Seals : A Sacred Filter?
- 1982Terminal Ideograms in the Indus Script
- 1982S.R. Rao’s Decipherment of the Indus Script
- 1982Indus Sealings from Hulas
- 1981Place Signs in the Indus Script
- 1979Recent Advances in the Study of the Indus script
- 1979Indus Script in the Indian Historical Tradition
- 1977The Indus Script : Texts, Concordance and Tables
- 1975Study of the Indus Script through Bi-lingual parallels
- 1973Computer Concordance of Proto-Indian Signs
- 1971Pallavas and the ‘jar’ Legends
- 1971Method of Parallelisms in the Interpretation of the Proto-Indian Script
- 1970Dravidian Parallels in Proto-Indian Script
Indus resources are being maintained separately within Indus Research Center at RMRL for easy access. IRC also organises courses and seminars to support research on Indus Script.
Bust of Padma Shri
Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan
erected are RMRL