Tamil Nadu CM Stalin offers $1 million prize for deciphering Indus Valley script

Stalin said the Indus Valley Civilisation's (IVC) discovery announcement by Sir John Marshall in 1924 was a turning point in the history of the Indian subcontinent, which altered the understanding of the country's past.

"Many were telling before that the Ariyam and Sanskrit were India's roots; imagination was claimed as history. John Marshall's studies changed that," news agency PTI quoted as saying CM Stalin in Chennai, at the inauguration of a three-day international conference to commemorate the centenary of the announcement of the discovery of the IVC.

The chief minister said Sir John Marshall's voice that Indus valley civilisation preceded Ariyam and that the language spoke there could have been a Dravidian language has now gained strength.