Indus Quest
YajnadevamIndus script, Ancient Indian history, philosophy, political theory
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The long texted pure copper plate
This is part 2 of the analysis of the IVC copper plates found by Shinde. You can read the metallurgical analysis and readings of other plates in part 1 here.
This particular piece is the most interesting. It would be the longest IVC text f...
Evaluating and Reading the IVC copper plates
A cache of plates
Shinde and Willis published an article in Ancient Asia journal that discussed 9 copper/bronze plates with IVC imagery and script on them. These were purportedly acquired from a private collection in Pakistan. In other...
Reading the Bet Dwarka inscription as Brahmi
According to the Indian NOAA, Dwarka first temple was built in 1500 BCE, washed away and further temples were rebuilt 10th BCE, 1st BCE and 12th CE. They found a characteristic Harappan motif in the intertidal region.
This means that the s...
Phoneme frequencies and the "feel" of Sanskrit
One of the earliest arguments I received againt my Indus script decipherment is that the decipherment, while grammatically correct, doesn’t feel like Sanskrit. Some volunteered that the phoneme frequencies seem different from the classical...
Urbanization and writing
Hunter gatherers don’t spontaneously settle into urbanization. The first settlements are neolithic and when they grow sufficient sophistication, they create a new settlement with planned streets etc. This generally implies some level of abi...
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