In 1968, archaeologists discovered something impossible in the Gujarat desert.
A signboard. 5000 years old. Still standing.
Ten symbols carved in ancient Indus script. Nobody can read them.
This is Dholavira - a Harappan city that vanished 3500 years ago. It has water reservoirs three times larger than anything found at Mohenjo-daro. Stone channels that managed desert rainfall for over 1000 years. Engineering that modern scientists still study.
But the signboard remains a mystery.
What were they trying to say? Why place it at the city gate? What message survived 5000 years that we still cannot understand?
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