| Key dates of the
river and the Indian linguistic area Locus:
Sarasvati River
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Corpus of
Inscriptions
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Sign List
Hieroglyphs
Inscribed
weapons; glyphs
Axe and copper plate inscriptions
 Indian Lexicon Clustering lexemes
Objectives
Alpha sequence
English meanings
Semantic clusters
Sememes: Indian
Bibliography |
Bronze age
Minerals and Metals
Fire workers
Workshops
Weapons
Trade Mesopotamia
Contacts
(1)
Contacs(2)
Contacts (3)
Contacts (4)
Central Asia
Contacts (5) (Also,notes on Meluhha and Tilmun) |
Decipherment: internal evidence (structure and form)
Analyses and Method
The decipherment problem
Pictorials in script Bull (urus/ibex): single horn, rings
on neck, pannier
Standard : orthography of
ligature : gimlet, turning lathe, portable furnace, dotted circles
Dotted circles
Trefoils
Fish signs
Mating scenes
Spearing a buffalo/bull
Deciphering pictorials
Defining pictorials
Pictorial ligatures
Graphemes or 'signs' and ligatures
Types of objects and functions
Inscribed pottery |
Decipherment:
external evidence (bronze age and language) From the known to the unknown
Sharp,
conically-shaped ploughshare: sag-kus' (in cuneiform)
Decipherment steps
Keys inherent in
inscriptions
Language repertoire of an armourer
Indian Hieroglyphic Dictionary:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
References to Indian Lexicon entries
elucidate the semantics of the ancient forms preserved in one or more Indian languages.
Discovering
the language of India, ca. 3000 B.C.
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