Archaeology

1303 Submissions

[3] viXra:1303.0187 [pdf] submitted on 2013-03-24 21:33:11

Relation Between Harappan And Brahmi Scripts

Authors: Subhajit Ganguly
Comments: 28 Pages.

Around 45 odd signs out of the total number of Harappan signs found make up almost 100 percent of the inscriptions, in some form or other, as said earlier. Out of these 45 signs, around 40 are readily distinguishable. These form an almost exclusive and unique set. The primary signs are seen to have many variants, as in Brahmi. Many of these provide us with quite a vivid picture of their evolution, depending upon the factors of time, place and usefulness. Even minor adjustments in such signs, depending upon these factors, are noteworthy. Many of the signs in this list are the same as or are very similar to the corresponding Brahmi signs. These are similarities that simply cannot arise from mere chance. It is also to be noted that the most frequently used signs in the Brahmi look so similar to the most frequent Harappan symbols. The Harappan script transformed naturally into the Brahmi, depending upon the factors channelizing evolution of scripts.
Category: Archaeology

[2] viXra:1303.0026 [pdf] submitted on 2013-03-05 11:53:14

The Brief History of the Rise of Civilization

Authors: Andrew Nassif
Comments: 11 Pages.

The guide was written in 2011 of August and is about the rise and fall of civilization through a historical point of perspective.
Category: Archaeology

[1] viXra:1303.0020 [pdf] submitted on 2013-03-04 12:39:44

A Study of the Indus Signs

Authors: Subhajit Ganguly
Comments: 7 Pages.

Considering the fact that the Harappan script may have been proto-Brahmi, the underlying language to be expected should be Sanskrit, or proto-Sanskrit, or derivatives of Sanskrit. Many of the rules of evolution that apply to scripts are equivalently true for languages too. Like scripts, languages too render themselves to similar evolutionary inspections, as they too carry imprints of their journey down the ages.
Category: Archaeology