Indus Script: Famous Mesopotamian Round Seal with Indus Signs Deciphered - Softcover

Segaran, Sandira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500931403 ISBN 13: 9781500931407

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

After ninety years of research on Indus Script, which still remains undeciphered, there now seems to be a consensus amongst the scholars on the direction of writing as from right-to-left. Almost all scholars agree that combination of signs in Indus inscriptions follow certain patterns; any particular sign is followed only by another sign belonging to a pre-defined set. I have recently developed a software program to analyze the Indus inscriptions and to generate concordance tables satisfying pre-formulated criteria. After generating concordance tables relating to the juxtapositions of two or more Indus signs, I drew up a short list of inscriptions with unusual sign patterns. Those are mostly inscriptions found on seals excavated in near eastern sites. One of them is the famous Mesopotamian circular seal with Indus signs. I have since discovered a possible interpretation to this inscription using Dravidian based phonetic syllables. It invokes the Sumerian Mother Goddess and Protector of Ur, Inanna.

About this title

About the Author:

Age: 69 years (DOB: June 28, 1945); Education: M.Sc. (Mathematics); Professional Career: Bureaucrat, Served in various capacities under the Government of Pondicherry for about 38 years and retired in 2005 as Senior Accounts Officer. Mathematician, Linguistist, Symbolic Logician and Computer Scientist.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500931403
• ISBN 13: 9781500931407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36