Non-Indic sustrate vocabulary

[Max Dashu]

>A quick query...  does anyone know whether anyone has ever compiled a
>database,
>or even just a plain old list, of possible NON Indo-European lexical items in
>Sanskrit?  My thought was that they could be examined with an eye to their
>possible value to efforts to decode the Indus Valley script.  Does anyone know
>of anything like what I'm describing?

Not for decoding Harappan, but there's some information on substrates at
www1.shore.net/~india/ejvs/ejvs0501/ejvs0501c.txt

Max Dashu