The Indus script is an undeciphered script of the ancient world. In spite of numerous attempts over several decades, the script has defied universally acceptable decipherment. In a recent series of papers (Yadav et al. 2010; Rao et al. 2009a, b; Yadav et al. 2008a, b) we have analysed the sequences of Indus signs which demonstrate presence of a rich syntax and logic in its structure. Here we fo...

[1] We calculated static stress changes from the devastating M = 7.6 earthquake that shook Kashmir on 8 October, 2005. We mapped Coulomb stress change on target fault planes oriented by assuming a regional compressional stress regime with greatest principal stress directed orthogonally to the mainshock strike. We tested calculation sensitivity by varying assumed stress orientations, target-faul...

Uplift and erosion of the Himalayas Tibetan Plateau have resulted in deposition some largest sedimentary masses on Earth. Chemical weathering these materials has been invoked as a primary driver long-term global cooling because silicate material consumes atmospheric CO2. We here combine geochemical data from scientific drill sites Arabian South China Seas, together with sediment mass flux budge...

The antiquity and decline of the Bronze Age Harappan civilization in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys is an enigma in archaeology. Weakening of the monsoon after ~5 ka BP (and droughts throughout the Asia) is a strong contender for the Harappan collapse, although controversy exists about the synchroneity of climate change and collapse of civilization. One reason for this controversy is lac...

River dolphins are some of the world's least-known and endangered species of mammals. Although better-known marine dolphins are found in estuaries, river dolphins represent four distinct genera each inhabiting different river basins such as the Amazon, Ganges, Indus and Yangtze. But their relationship to each other and other cetaceans has been puzzling and disputed. One of the key problems is t...