[INDOLOGY] INDUS CIVILISATION.

[dermot at grevatt.force9.co.uk]

I read the piece quickly, and found it interesting how Trump has made himself the absolute 
standard of mendacity. But I don't think anyone who, however mistakenly, has evidence to 
support their statements, should be compared to him.

Dermot

On 27 Jan 2017 at 8:07, Andrew Ollett via INDOLOGY wrote:

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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