Decipherment of Indus Script: New LightPresentation of the thesis, based on a study of the seals found in Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, that the language of the Indus Valley civilization is a dialect of the Indo-European group. |
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... valuation . Third presumption : The signs 1 and 1 ' are found as determinatives in many of the scripts . Let us suppose that it is a regal sign denoting ' rajan ' giving its alphabetic valuation as 1 / 11 = ra / r . Fourth presumption ...
... valuation . Third presumption : The signs 1 and 1 ' are found as determinatives in many of the scripts . Let us suppose that it is a regal sign denoting ' rajan ' giving its alphabetic valuation as 1 / 11 = ra / r . Fourth presumption ...
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... Valuation : From the interpretation of seals as shown in previous chapters , it may be seen that the valuations of different signs have been tested for the times as per table herebelow : - Sign Valuation Times for which it is tested b ...
... Valuation : From the interpretation of seals as shown in previous chapters , it may be seen that the valuations of different signs have been tested for the times as per table herebelow : - Sign Valuation Times for which it is tested b ...
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... valuation - mbu and with an addi- tional vowel syllable " A " in the beginning we get the reading Ambudak- shaka and Ambuka respectively . It is presumed that in other cases also where compound letter starts the script , this addition ...
... valuation - mbu and with an addi- tional vowel syllable " A " in the beginning we get the reading Ambudak- shaka and Ambuka respectively . It is presumed that in other cases also where compound letter starts the script , this addition ...
Contents
Origin of Problem | 11 |
Principles of Decipherment | 17 |
How I could find the valuation | 23 |
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13th cent Alexander Cunningham Aryan Aryan migration assuming sign Brahmi Alphabet Brahmi Scripts C. J. Gadd compound letter considered CVII CVIII Seal decipherment direction of writing Dravidian Egyptian engravers Excavations Harappa Hence Heras hieroglyphs Hittite Hrozny Indo-Aryan Language Indus civilization Indus Script Indus Valley inscriptions interpretation of Seals Jacobi K. N. Dikshit Kavyatirtha reads Kumara kuririn Langdon language Mahabharata Maxmuller MIC CIX Seal MIC CVI MIC CVIII MIC plate CVI MIC Sign millennium B. C. MK Seal Mohenjodaro non-Aryan opinion origin philological phonetic value plate CIX plate CVI Seal plate CVIII Pre-Aryans presumption Problem Prof pronunciation proper names found Putra ra/r race Rigveda Rosetta stone S. K. Roy Sankarananda Sanskrit scholars Seal 42 Seal 77 Seals Deciphered sign list sign list Signs sign Manual sound Sumerian syllabic theory three signs Tilok tion unicorn valuation variations Vats Vedas Vedic vowel Waddell word Yudhisthira