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Language and Script Harappan Periods and Cultures Archaeology


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  • - A study of recent attempts to decipher the Indus Script (1995-2000).
  • - From Frontline, disputing attempts to `force' Harappan script into Sanskrit molds by Rajaram and his associate. By Witzel and Farmer.
  • - From Frontline, Asko Parpola answering the alleged decipherment by N.S. Rajaram.
  • - The Kanaga sign is very common in Indus rock art. It can be interpreted as the symbol for a primordial god and a Lord of space and time with an astronomical meaning.
  • - From Frontline, Witzel and Farmer report on media hype, faked data, and Hindutva propaganda in recent claims that the Indus Valley Script has been decoded.
  • - Discovery of sherds at Harappa confirm dates for discoveries of Early Indus Script on pottery and in the impression of a square seal on a lump of clay.
  • - From the BBC, earliest examples of writing may have been discovered in Pakistan, according to archaeologists working on the Harappa Project.
  • - From Frontline, Asko Parpola responds to the claims of decipherment by Rajaram.
  • - Interviews with the three leading scholars of the undeciphered ancient Indus Valley script. Includes: a dictionary, audio, and resources.
  • - George van Driem summarises the arguments for and against the idea that the ancient Austroasiatic homeland lay in India.
  • - From Frontline, Witzel and Farmer accuse Rajaram of fraud.
  • - Article by Iravatham Mahadevan about the pan-Indian god Skanda or Murugan and his occurrence in the Indus Valley script.
  • - An answer to "The Harappan Horse Fraud" in the October 13 Frontline by Profs Michael Witzel and Steve Farmer.


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