Translations
Every inscribed object that reads from the first sign to the last: 3,569 objects, 2,139 distinct texts, 1,416 of them seals. A damaged sign is shown as IS1000 and read as …; where it can be restored at 80% or better, the text is on the Restored texts page.
Signs are in reading order, first sign on the left; composite words are written as one word; the English is a word-by-word gloss. Read the values as proposals.
Sites
The texts are listed by the site where the object was found; each list has its own search.
Other sites: Lothal, Kalibangan, Chanhu-daro, Banawali, Nausharo and smaller sites.
Suspected errors
9 texts where the grammar suggests the digitised corpus gives the reading direction the wrong way round. On H-821 one sign may also have been misread. The corpus reading and the likely reading are shown side by side, with the rule that points to the error.
| Object | The corpus shows | It could be | Found by |
|---|---|---|---|
| H-237 Harappa | The corpus shows     IS1740 · IS1642 · IS1240 · IS1060 · IS1692 pati · kṣetra · kūrma · -sya · ṛṣi lord · field · turtle · of · seer | It could be IS1692 · IS1060 · IS1240 · IS1642 · IS1740 ṛṣi · -sya · kūrma · kṣetra · pati seer · of · turtle · field · lord | Rule 4 · “of”, the linker |
| H-814 Harappa | The corpus shows    IS1400 · IS1820 · IS1100 · IS1415 sītā · cakra · paśupati · pañca-dīpa furrow · wheel · Paśupati · five-wick lamp | It could be IS1415 · IS1100 · IS1820 · IS1400 pañca-dīpa · paśupati · cakra · sītā five-wick lamp · Paśupati · wheel · furrow | Rule 8 · things placed before the deity |
| H-821 Harappa | The corpus shows  IS1740 · IS1642 · IS1240 · IS1001 · IS1692 pati · kṣetra · kūrma · eka · ṛṣi lord · field · turtle · one · seer | It could be IS1692 · IS1060 · IS1240 · IS1642 · IS1740 ṛṣi · -sya · kūrma · kṣetra · pati seer · of · turtle · field · lord | Rule 5 · the jar at the end makes a title |
| H-938 Harappa | The corpus shows  IS1520 · IS1220 · IS1415 śakti · mīnā · pañca-dīpa spear · fish · five-wick lamp | It could be IS1415 · IS1220 · IS1520 pañca-dīpa · mīnā-śakti five-wick lamp · the deity Mīnā-śakti | Rule 2 · the head comes last |
| H-942 Harappa | The corpus shows  IS1520 · IS1220 · IS1016 śakti · mīnā · ṣaṭ spear · fish · six | It could be IS1016 · IS1220 · IS1520 ṣaṭ · mīnā-śakti six · the deity Mīnā-śakti | Rule 1 · numbers come first |
| H-2128 Harappa | The corpus shows    IS1504 · IS1350 · IS1741 · IS1060 · IS1920 tulādhāra · lambaka · eka-kumbha · -sya · pūrṇimā holder of the balance · plumb bob · jar with 1 mark · of · full moon | It could be IS1920 · IS1060 · IS1741 · IS1350 · IS1504 pūrṇimā · -sya · eka-kumbha · lambaka · tulādhāra full moon · of · jar with 1 mark · plumb bob · holder of the balance | Rule 4 · “of”, the linker |
| K-56 Kalibangan | The corpus shows   IS1740 · IS1165 · IS1060 · IS1550 pati · śaṅkha · -sya · karka lord · conch · of · crab | It could be IS1550 · IS1060 · IS1165 · IS1740 karka · -sya · śaṅkha · pati crab · of · conch · lord | Rule 4 · “of”, the linker |
| M-147 Mohenjo-daro | The corpus shows     IS1520 · IS1455 · IS1220 · IS1002 · IS1803 · IS1226 śakti · triloka · mīnā · dvi · jīva · baddha-mīnā spear · the three worlds · fish · two · life · bound fish | It could be IS1226 · IS1803 · IS1002 · IS1220 · IS1455 · IS1520 baddha-mīnā · jīva · dvi · mīnā · triloka · śakti bound fish · life · two · fish · the three worlds · spear | Rule 2 · the head comes last |
| Sktd-2 Surkotada | The corpus shows  IS1740 · IS1803 · IS1390 · IS1060 · IS1740 Śiva-jīva · triśūla · -sya · pati Śiva's living being · trident · of · lord | It could be IS1740 · IS1060 · IS1390 · IS1803 · IS1740 pati · -sya · triśūla · jīva · pati lord · of · trident · life · lord | Rule 4 · “of”, the linker |