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Deciphering the Indus Script
Asko Parpola
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Description for Deciphering the Indus Script
Paperback. This fascinating study confirms that the Indus script was logo-syllabic and that the Indus language belonged to the Dravidian family. Num Pages: 400 pages, 135 line figures 141 tones 32 maps 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 271 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 950.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521795661
SKU
V9780521795661
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Reviews for Deciphering the Indus Script
'This book is substantial, in every sense of the word … does make a forceful case for a partial decipherment … it will become the standard reference work and the basis for any further debate.' Stuart Blackburn, South Asia Research '… deserves much credit for having pursued this enquiry to the very limits of what is now possible.' John ... Read more