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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... appears that they contain proper names - at least most of them do so . Before proceeding to for- ward the deciphered proper names I like to draw the attention of the readers to some peculiarities of proper names . These non ...
... appears that they contain proper names - at least most of them do so . Before proceeding to for- ward the deciphered proper names I like to draw the attention of the readers to some peculiarities of proper names . These non ...
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... appears for 51 times in 80 seals , sign C ( with varia- tions ) for 46 times , sign 1 with one variation for 23 times , sign e for 18 times , sign f for 17 times . A total number of 8 signs appear for 12 times or more , 16 signs for 5 ...
... appears for 51 times in 80 seals , sign C ( with varia- tions ) for 46 times , sign 1 with one variation for 23 times , sign e for 18 times , sign f for 17 times . A total number of 8 signs appear for 12 times or more , 16 signs for 5 ...
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... appears that it represents an era when the language was in its infancy , there being no rigid syntactical relations of words , the case endings being at their maximum number , and the speakers having the freedom to use any case - ending ...
... appears that it represents an era when the language was in its infancy , there being no rigid syntactical relations of words , the case endings being at their maximum number , and the speakers having the freedom to use any case - ending ...
Contents
Origin of Problem | 11 |
Principles of Decipherment | 17 |
How I could find the valuation | 23 |
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Alexander Cunningham Ancient India Aryan migration assign Brahmanas Brahmi Alphabet Brahmi Scripts C. J. Gadd compound letter consider CVII CVIII Seal decipherment direction of writing Dravidian Egyptian engravers favour Harappa Hence Heras hieroglyphs Hittite Hrozny Indo-Aryan Language Indus civilization Indus script Indus Valley inscriptions interpretation of Seals Jacobi K. N. Dikshit Kavyatirtha Seal Kshatriyas Kumara kuririn Langdon Maxmuller MIC CIX Seal MIC CVI MIC CVIII MIC plate CVI MIC Sign millennium B. C. MK Seal Mohenjodaro non-Aryan opines 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 Sankarananda Sanskrit languages scholars Seal 42 Seal 77 Seals Deciphered sign list Signs sign Manual sound Sumerian syllabic theory three signs Tilok tion unicorn Vaisyas valuation variations Vats Vedas Vedic vide seal vowel Waddell word Yudhisthira