Welcome to the open-access repository for research on the Indus script interpreted as the Mel-Kottalar maritime ledger. The site provides direct access to the principal publication, The Indus Script Trade Ledger (PDF), alongside key supporting documents from the field. Readers are invited to review the pattern analysis, etymological reconstructions, and proposed decipherment framework.

The-Indus-Script-Trade-Ledger_Rikki-Scott.pdf
The Indus Script Trade Ledger -Rikki Scott.pdf

Associated files:
Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. Collections in India.pdf
The Indus Script. Text, Concordance and Tables -Iravathan Mahadevan.pdf

The Indus Valley Signs list from "Concordance and Tables -Iravathan Mahadevan"




by Rikki D Scott. Independent researcher - Manawatu, NZ © 2026 MelKottalar