Editing Indus script (section)

===Writing direction===
Most scholars agree that the Indus script was generally read from [[right to left]],{{sfnp|Mahadevan|1977|pp=10–14}}{{sfnp|Mukhopadhyay|2019|p=2}}{{sfnp|Sen|1999|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA35 35]}} though some exceptions wherein the script is written left to right or in a [[boustrophedon]] mode are also known.{{sfnp|Mahadevan|1977|pp=10–14}}{{sfnp|Possehl|2002|p=134}} Although the script is undeciphered, the writing direction has been deduced from external evidence, such as instances of the symbols being compressed on the left side as if the writer is running out of space at the end of the row.{{sfnp|Mahadevan|1977|pp=10–14}}{{sfnp|Possehl|1996|p=59–62}} In the case of seals, which create a [[mirror image]] impression on the clay or ceramic on which the seal is affixed, the impression of the seal is read from right to left, as is this case with inscriptions in other cases.{{sfnp|Possehl|2002|p=134}}