Review published in:
Written Language & Literacy
Vol. 1:2 (1998) ► pp. 272–275
Book review

Gregory L. Possehl. Indus age: The writing system
Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 1996. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. xvi, 244 pp. Hb $45.00

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Published online: 01 January 1998
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.1.2.12bri
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