Indus valley writing

[Lars Martin Fosse]

At 12:32 10.05.98 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear members,
>It has been alleged in non specialized pblications that the seals of the
>Indus valley have now been deciphered thanks to the work done by a
>Dr.Natwar Jha (apparently a sansckrit scholar and school principal in
>West Bengal) and by a mathematician, named N.S. Rajaram of Bangalore. Is
>this serious and do we laymen have to assume that the Indus scripthas
>now been cracked ?

No, you don't. From what I have seen of Jha's attempts, they do not convince.

The matter has been discussed earlier on the list. You may want to rummage
in the archives.

Best regards,

Lars Martin Fosse


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