Deciphering the Indus Script

Deciphering the Indus Script
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0521795664
ISBN-13 : 9780521795661
Rating : 4/5 (661 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Deciphering the Indus Script by : Asko Parpola

Download or read book Deciphering the Indus Script written by Asko Parpola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Deciphering the Indus Script Related Books

Deciphering the Indus Script
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Asko Parpola
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-01 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

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 Civiliz
The Language of the Harappans
Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Malati J. Shendge
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Abhinav Publications

GET EBOOK

Since The Formulation Of Indo-European Theory In The 19Th C., Sanskrit Has Been Considered The Language Brought Over By The Aryas. This Raised The Question Afte
Harappa Script & Language
Language: en
Pages: 800
Authors: S. Kalyanaraman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-20 - Publisher: Sarasvati Research Center

GET EBOOK

This is a treatise, a formal and systematic written discourse on knowledge discovery of a civilization in two domains of knowledge 1. Archaeo-metallurgical adva
Indus Script Dictionary
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: S. M. Sullivan
Categories: India
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Walter Ashlin Fairservis
Categories: Harappa Site (Pakistan)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: BRILL

GET EBOOK

The Book Demonstrates That The Harappan Script Is Well On Its Way To Decipherment.