Indus Script A Well Developed Writing System

Indus Script A Well Developed Writing System
Title Indus Script A Well Developed Writing System PDF eBook
Author Dr Somesh Chandra Shrivastava
Publisher BFC Publications
Pages 469
Release 2022-12-31
Genre Education
ISBN 9356322902

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Language of Indus seals was Sanskrit because most of the seals ended on jar sign or fish sign which depicts end of subject words as visargah and end of objects on fish sign as in dwitiya vibhakti. Seals are read from head to tail of the animal on the seal. Prominent city names found on Indus seals are Harapam (Harappa), Kathumaad (Kathmandu, Nepal), Unuaad (Una-Ropar in Himanchal Pradesh), Trisurrah (Trisur, Kerala) Surshenas (Mathura Uttar Pradesh), Ur (Ur, Iraq) and Yerag (Yerevan, Armenian Capital). Agricultural seals contain names sarshan(mustard), mashah (black gram),yavat (grains like barley), rashwan (Garlic) gavreem (turmeric), suran (yam), rasnagah (rubber tree), maarah (thorn apple), sukuvah (lotus) which were sown(Bapikh) by permission of ploughing (krishtemiomah) by king and they gave 1/3rd crop to king (sat-tray) then distributing among themselves (Sat-sheshan). This tax was waivered due to less crop production(unkarsh). Business of beauty parlour was present with three beautifications (trayah shringar) namely hair setting (rachanah), bodypainting and tattooing (patrana) and nail care with nail polish (nakheramae).

Deciphering the Indus Script

Deciphering the Indus Script
Title Deciphering the Indus Script PDF eBook
Author Asko Parpola
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 400
Release 2009-10-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780521795661

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Of the writing systems of the ancient world which still await deciphering, the Indus script is the most important. It developed in the Indus or Harappan Civilization, which flourished c. 2500-1900 BC in and around modern Pakistan, collapsing before the earliest historical records of South Asia were composed. Nearly 4,000 samples of the writing survive, mainly on stamp seals and amulets, but no translations. Professor Parpola is the chief editor of the Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. His ideas about the script, the linguistic affinity of the Harappan language, and the nature of the Indus religion are informed by a remarkable command of Aryan, Dravidian, and Mesopotamian sources, archaeological materials, and linguistic methodology. His fascinating study confirms that the Indus script was logo-syllabic, and that the Indus language belonged to the Dravidian family.

The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing

The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing
Title The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing PDF eBook
Author Bryan K. Wells
Publisher Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Pages 153
Release 2015-02-06
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1784910473

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A detailed examination of the Indus script. It presents new analysis based on an expansive text corpus using revolutionary analytical techniques developed specifically for the purpose of deciphering the Indus script.

The History of "Proto-Writing", Indus Script, and the Minoan Writing Systems

The History of
Title The History of "Proto-Writing", Indus Script, and the Minoan Writing Systems PDF eBook
Author Stephen R. Duren
Publisher CreateSpace
Pages 156
Release 2013-10
Genre History
ISBN 9781492890775

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Scientist Stephen R. Duren from the University of South Florida presents recent novel findings of monumental importance pertaining to Sanskrit artifacts located in various museums around the world. The reason as to why a Scientist has written a book about Sanskrit archaeology and history is as follows; After confirmation from precise spelling and accurate descriptions of known Sumerian and Hindu deities, precise phonetic spelling of proper names of known civilizations, a comparison to known alphabets, a technical analysis of the Sanskrit language, and obvious embellishments serving as confirmation of various common words such as a picture of a rose next to the word rose, a reed next to the word reed, a moon next to the word moon, a sun with bird face next to a word that means both sun and bird, a man carrying bags next to the word bag-carrier, a vegetable next to the word vegetable, etc.: the ancient writing system of Indus Script, which is thought to have existed circa 1,700-3,000 BCE, has been fully deciphered and the language is the known ancient Sanskrit language. And so, thousands of Indus Script inscriptions have been translated into Sanskrit and then into English, and the most entertaining and historically significant inscriptions have been added into this book, which is meant to be an easy to read and entertaining instruction manual for the reader to learn how to read Indus Script, and by doing so; the reader will gain insight into this exciting time period of the ancient world and the culture of this highly advanced civilization. Although these finding may sound fantastical; the decipherment is presented with overwhelming supporting evidence. Once the reader learns the basics of Indus Script in Chapter 1, the reader will then go on to read a more difficult and older style of Indus Script, which dates back to 3,500 BCE in the Indus Valley city of Harappa (currently thought to be "proto-writing"). And so, as one would imagine: the oldest phonetic writing of the planet is included in this book, which is again the prehistoric parent writing system of Indus Script, called "Sanskrit Script", and these inscriptions explain many historical mysteries pertaining to multiple ancient civilizations outside of the Indus Valley, including prehistoric Sumeria, Egypt, and Europe, for reasons that one would have to read the core evidence in chapters 1-3 to believe (the main reason being that archaeologists have found Sanskrit Script inscriptions in these locations, which are clearly legible, and that these inscriptions have also been misidentified as "proto-writing"). The translation of inscriptions in a time which was previously pre-historic sheds light on multiple aspects of human culture and religion. Lastly, and most shockingly; the data presented in this book suggests that the Minoan alphabet is a later style of Sanskrit Script with additional letters that are seen in the later Phoenician, Greek, and Brahmi Script Alphabets, and therefore; the Minoan alphabet has been correctly identified as the parent writing system of the Phoenician alphabet. Minoan inscriptions pertaining to significant world events, such as the Minoan Volcanic Eruption Event (also recorded in Egyptian Hieroglyphics), are included in this book: including inscriptions detailing the interactions between the Minoans and people with "barely shaped like the beak of a crow"...

The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing

The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing
Title The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing PDF eBook
Author Bryan K. Wells
Publisher Archaeopress Archaeology
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre Indus script
ISBN 9781784910464

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A detailed examination of the Indus script. It presents new analysis based on an expansive text corpus using revolutionary analytical techniques developed specifically for the purpose of deciphering the Indus script.

Indus Age

Indus Age
Title Indus Age PDF eBook
Author Gregory L. Possehl
Publisher
Pages 280
Release 1996
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN

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Indus Age: The Writing System presents a detailed typology of the Harappan pictographic script, discusses the place of writing in Harappan culture, and speculates on the possible survival of the script in later South Asian writing systems. The failure to decipher the writing system of the Harappan civilization has not been for lack of trying. Possehl reviews over forty publications on the script, many of which attempt to decipher it. Some of these attempts, such as Flinders Petrie's Reading the Script as Egyptian Hieroglyphics, are fascinating but far-fetched. Others, for example the Russian Team's Computers and the Indus Script, are more plausible. However, no reading of the Indus script can be considered correct because there is no independent test by which to check its accuracy. Until there is, Possehl contends, the script will remain undeciphered.

ABC of Harappan Script and Language

ABC of Harappan Script and Language
Title ABC of Harappan Script and Language PDF eBook
Author Sandiras Segarane Gurunathan
Publisher Blue Rose Publishers
Pages 198
Release 2024-01-17
Genre Education
ISBN

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The book may rightly be described as the first-hand information to the world about the Indus Script finally cracked. Unlike the earlier publications on the Enigmatic Indus Script, the present book. For the first time, the logical methodology of Scientific Formal Theory as used by the age-old Geometry and later Theoretical Physics has been successfully adopted in the decipherment of the Indus Script. Computer-aided approach has all along been the order of the day. A software entitled Indus Script Analyzer developed by the author has been extensively used in the examination, analysis, and interpretation of the Indus inscriptions.An exclusive Indus Script Font developed as well by the author and called Sandira-Harappan.ttf has been used for typing Indus Signs. Names of well-known rural deities, city names, and names of professionals have been identified.A Glossary of Deciphered Indus Signs and a Glossary of Interpreted Indus texts are included in the book.