Almost every month now, someone claims to have deciphered the enigmatic script of theIndus Civilisation, the last undeciphered script of any major ancient civilisation. Dozensof scholars have tried in vain to get a grip on it. This does not really surprise, forneither the value of individual signs nor the underlying language(s) are known. To be ableto read the more than 4,200 Indus seals and inscriptions would provide major and probablysurprising insights into the oldest history of India.