# The Tamil Nadu graffiti marks descend from the Indus signs and show cultural continuity.

> Still possible: The Tamil Nadu graffiti marks descend from the Indus signs and show cultural continuity.

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# The Tamil Nadu graffiti marks descend from the Indus signs and show cultural continuity.

The Tamil Nadu graffiti marks descend from the Indus signs and show cultural continuity.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Resemblances go beyond simple geometric shapes that any marking system would share.
- Intermediate sites and dates bridge the gap of more than a millennium between the Indus and the Iron Age Tamil sites.

## What would rule it out

- Resemblances are confined to simple shapes, and no intermediate material exists.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[A state archaeology database of more than 15,000 potsherds was compiled and the keynote claimed about 60 per…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/evidence/EVD0CWY3PME28KB/a-state-archaeology-database-of-more-than-15-000-potsherds)

Suggestive

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## The questions it answers

[Do the graffiti marks on Tamil Nadu potsherds continue the Indus signs?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/questions/QST0CWY3FHW5MFX/do-the-graffiti-marks-on-tamil-nadu-potsherds-continue-the)

Part of [If the signs are writing, which language do they record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/questions/QST0CWY3F28487R/if-the-signs-are-writing-which-language-do-they-record)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Tamil Nadu graffiti marks descend from the Indus signs and show cultural continuity. [Answer ANS0CWY3PCM0XDF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CWY3PCM0XDF
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