Indus Valley | Clues to an Ancient Civilization, National Geographic: Washerman in Ravi River | Indus Valley, Pakistan

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Washerman in Ravi River, just outside Harappa in the Indus Valley, Pakistan. An archaeology student discovered an interesting marking system that washermen used to identify a family’s clothing.  He did a study and found a 52% correlation between the washermen markings and the ancient Indus script.  This man washes clothes for the community in the Ravi River, which is a tributary of the Indus.