[INDOLOGY] INDUS CIVILISATION.

[Andrew Ollett]

I hesitate to pass this popular-science treatment of the question along,
since it is tinged with some personal animosity, but this just appeared two
days ago:

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14371450/indus-valley-civilization-ancient-seals-symbols-language-algorithms-ai

2017-01-27 6:37 GMT-05:00 Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> In my book "The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus
> Civilization",
> New York: Oxford University Press, 2015,
> I present manifold evidence for the Dravidian affinity of the Harappan
> language.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Asko Parpola
> Professor Emeritus of Indology,
> University of Helsinki, Finland
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> There is no consensus about which language or languages the Harappan
>> (Indus Valley Civilization) people spoke.
>>
>> The script is considered by most to be logo-syllabic, not heiroglyphic.
>>
>> Farmer, Witzel, Sproat consider it to be a sign system rather than a
>> script associated with any particular language.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> Dr. Dean Michael Anderson
>> East West Cultural Institute
>> Austin, Texas, USA
>> Pondicherry, India
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
>> *To:* indology at list.indology.info
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2017 11:44 AM
>> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] INDUS CIVILISATION.
>>
>>
>> To All,
>>
>> While going through some books on Indus valley civilisation , I failed to
>> find out one
>> answer. Though the Harappana & Mohenjo daro script has been inferred as
>> more of a Hieroglyphic
>> type, what dialect/language did they speak ?
>> Would love to be enlightened on this point.
>>
>>
>> ALAKEND DAS.
>>
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