Editing Indus script (section)

====Comparisons with Brahmi====
{{Main|Brahmi#Indigenous origin hypothesis}}

Researchers have compared the Indus Valley script to the [[Brahmi]] and [[Tamil-Brahmi]] scripts, suggesting that there may be similarities between them. These similarities were first suggested by early European scholars, such as the archaeologist [[John Marshall (archaeologist)|John Marshall]]{{sfnp|Marshall|1931|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ds_hazstxY4C&pg=PA423 423]}} and the [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]] [[Stephen Herbert Langdon|Stephen Langdon]],{{sfnp|Paranavitana|Prematilleka|Van Lohuizen-De Leeuw|1978|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=OIceAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA119 119]}} with some, such as G.&nbsp;R. Hunter,{{sfnp|Hunter|1934}} proposing an [[Brahmi script#Indigenous origin hypothesis|indigenous origin of Brahmi]] with a derivation from the Indus script.