A rock engraving similar to the unique sign of the Indus Valley
civilization â€” a man with a jar â€” has been found in Kerala
for the first time. The engraving provides a significant
southern link with the 600-year-old Indus Valley civilization
that flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian sub-
continent between 2300 BC and 1700 BC. Harappa and Mohenjodaro,
both now in Pakistan, were the principal towns of the developed
urban civilization discovered in the 1920s. The Dravidian or an
equally vibrant civilization existed in southern India during
this period, historians said. The engraving seems to have been
made with a stone axe in a linear style to portray a two-
dimensional human figure. It was discovered at the Edakkal caves
in Wayanad district, 450 km north of state capital
Thiruvananthapuram, last week. Archaeologists and historians are
excited with the â€œuniqueâ€ discovery. â€œWhat is striking in
the Edakkal sign is the presence of an Indus motif, which is
rare. The jar is the same as the Indus V