"It may not be illogical to think that the Indus writing tradition lingered on in perishable medium till the dictates of the new socio-economic contexts of early historic India led to its resurgence in a changed form."
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Chakrabarti, Dilip K., India : An Archaeological History°, p. 291.in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.
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