The "Numeral-Signs" of the Mohenjo-daro Script
Author : Alan Strode Campbell Ross
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 47,65 MB
Release : 1938
Category : Inscriptions
ISBN :
The "numeral-signs" of the Mohenjo-Daro Script
Author : Alan Strode Campbell Ross
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 1938
Category : Inscriptions
ISBN :
Book Description
Deciphering the Indus Script
Author : Asko Parpola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521795661
Book Description
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.
Numerical Notation
Author : Stephen Chrisomalis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 2010-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139485334
Book Description
This book is a cross-cultural reference volume of all attested numerical notation systems (graphic, non-phonetic systems for representing numbers), encompassing more than 100 such systems used over the past 5,500 years. Using a typology that defies progressive, unilinear evolutionary models of change, Stephen Chrisomalis identifies five basic types of numerical notation systems, using a cultural phylogenetic framework to show relationships between systems and to create a general theory of change in numerical systems. Numerical notation systems are primarily representational systems, not computational technologies. Cognitive factors that help explain how numerical systems change relate to general principles, such as conciseness or avoidance of ambiguity, which apply also to writing systems. The transformation and replacement of numerical notation systems relates to specific social, economic, and technological changes, such as the development of the printing press or the expansion of the global world-system.
The Decipherment of the Indus Script
Author : Shikaripur Ranganatha Rao
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,9 MB
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN :
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The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing
Author : Walter Ashlin Fairservis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Harappa Site (Pakistan)
ISBN : 9788120404915
Book Description
The Book Demonstrates That The Harappan Script Is Well On Its Way To Decipherment.
The Indus Script: A Positional-Statistical Approach
Author : Michael Korvink
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 2011-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 0615182399
Book Description
Since the discovery of the Indus Civilization, the meaning of the enigmatic Indus script remains hidden in its four hundred characters. While many would-be-decipherers have attempted to unravel its meaning with the aid of a presumed underlying language, none of these attempts has proven successful. In response, the approach taken in this work does not preclude an underlying language, but offers an alternate approach where the positional patterns of the Indus signs are investigated in an attempt to segment the character strings. Michael Korvink is a former instructor of International Studies at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and now works in the private sector.
The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and Its Connection with Other Scripts
Author : G. R. Hunter
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Book Description
Description: The present work is a reissue of the 1934 edition published from London. The Material for this work was provided by some 750 inscribed objects unearthed at the sites in Mohenjodaro and Harappa. These copper coins were also found, and some slabs of clay impressed. The work was first in the study of these scripts, so it was its methodology. The method adopted was to tabulate every occurrence of each sign together with those signs whose morphography suggested the possibility of their being variants. In this way certain sign sequences showed themselves to be of common occurrence. Thus it was possible to recognize variants and also words. The author has also compared these scripts with other scripts, viz. Proto-Elamite and Sumerian scripts, bringing out resemblance between them and suggested that the connection could be due to community of descent or borrowing, which was still to be determined then. Printed Pages: 242 with 4 charts and 37 line drawing plates. Abstract List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Descriptive Catalogue of the Texts 3. Direction of the writing 4. Connection with other Scripts 5. Analysis of the Tables of Signs 6. Tables with Sign-list
Walking with the Unicorn
Author : Dennys Frenez
Publisher : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 34,44 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784919177
Book Description
This volume, a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past 40 years, highlights recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilisation.
Indus Civilization
Author : R.K. Pruthi
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 20,35 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9788171418657
Book Description
Contents: Introduction, The Indus Civilization, Origin and Development of the Indus Civilization, Extent and Distribution of Sites, Customs and Amusements, Indian Types of Pottery Vessels in Dvaravati Culture, Inscriptions in Mohenjo Daro, Cracking the Indus Valley Code, Extension of the Indus Civilization, Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization, The Decline, Causes of the Ruin, Some New Evidences, Mohenjo-daro and Rigveda, Is Indus Valley Civilization Dravidian s or Aryan s?
