Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing
Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing

Author: Bryan K. Wells

Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781842179949

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Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing is a comprehensive look at one of the last undeciphered Old World scripts. It has defied decipherment for 90 years because of the terse nature of the texts and the lack of a comprehensive corpus and detailed sign list. This book presents the analysis of a comprehensive, computer-based corpus using the most detailed sign list yet compiled for the Indus script. Custom computer programs allowed the verification of the sign list and the compilation of statistics regarding sign distribution and use. Among the questions addressed are: How do you create an epigraphic database? How do you define a sign? What is the Indus number system like? Where did the Indus script come from? and What is the Indus language(s)? Bryan Wells is an archaeologist, epigrapher, and geographer who has excavated on the west and east coasts of North America and in Baluchistan (Pakistan). Wells has studied the Indus script since 1992, and holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University.

Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing
Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing

Author: Bryan Kenneth Wells

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9781109894929

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This dissertation reflects the following five research goals: (1) to create a database of all published inscribed Indus artifacts (Electronic Corpus of Indus Texts or ECIT); (2) to create an interactive computer program to aid in the analysis of the texts (Interactive Concordance of Indus Texts or ICIT); (3) to create a comprehensive sign list for the Indus script; (4) to analyze the Indus texts in order to discover their structures and patterns of sign use; (5) to determine as closely as possible the identity of the Indus Language. The ECIT database lists 5643 artifacts with Indus texts and/or iconography. As far as possible each record gives the details (size, find spot, material, design etc.) and photographs for every item. From the ECIT 3835 artifacts with at least one recognizable Indus sign were transferred to the ICIT. These texts are the basis of the analysis found in this dissertation, especially for the sign list (Chapter 3 and Appendix I). Counts for each sign by site, artifact type, and associated iconography were generated using the ICIT program (v1.59). A subset of the ICIT containing only the complete texts were used for the initial, medial and terminal counts. The structural analysis revealed that the Indus texts may have a Verb initial syntax and that word construction proceeded using a variety of prefixes, infixes and affixes. The morphological patterns do not match those of either Indo-Aryan or Proto-Dravidian. Proto- or Para-Munda could not be ruled out, but could not be verified. Language X still remains a possibility. Two tests of possible decipherments are offered in the final pages.

The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing
The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing

Author: Bryan K. Wells

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2015-02-06

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 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 Indus Script: A Positional-Statistical Approach
The Indus Script: A Positional-Statistical Approach

Author: Michael Korvink

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-02-20

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0615182399

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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 Harappan Civilization and Its Writing
The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing

Author: Walter Ashlin Fairservis

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-07-17

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 9004676759

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A description of a methodology by which to decipher the writing of the Harappan civilization. The methodology is then applied and the results set forth in detail. There, results coupled with the author's extensive archaeological knowledge of the Indus Civilization creates a picture of ancient South Asian life much of which in content is unique.

DECIPHERMENT OF INDUS SCRIPT FROM ROSETTAS AND CHIMERAS, Part 1
DECIPHERMENT OF INDUS SCRIPT FROM ROSETTAS AND CHIMERAS, Part 1

Author: Senthil Kumar AS

Publisher: senthil kumar a s

Published: 2020-06-20

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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Why and how is Indus script in Tamil? Starting from the author's ground breaking work "Read Indussian"(2012), more undeniable evidences have come up in support of the Tamil scripts of Indus valley civilization. Rosetta like seals which are the ultimate mode of proving an ancient language have been elucidated in this book with gratitude to I.Mahadevan and A.Parpola for the picture references from their Concordances, Texts and Tabulations of Indus scripts.

Reading the Indus- Sarasvati Script
Reading the Indus- Sarasvati Script

Author: Rajat K Pal

Publisher: Chirayata

Published:

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13:

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In this book writer used a different technique to decipher Indus script via phonetic values of basic Indus signs, vowel diacritics ,letters used to mention quantity (number, volume and weight) etc. He has gone through the pottery inscriptions first and tablets thereafter and then discussed about the names and other words found in Indus seals and inscribed on other items. Out of 4000 inscriptions found so far , of which 2000 are still readable, Rajat was able to read 1,296 Sarasvati Scripts, it took 15 years. Now all his methods and the journey to decipher the Script has been put into this book.