Posted on 02/01/2025 3:09:57 AM PST by Cronos
It is a riddle that has confounded scholars for over a century. And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Relatively little is known about the creators of the script, who built a sprawling urban system about 5,000 years ago across what is modern-day India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Excavations at more than 2,000 sites have unearthed a wealth of artifacts. But until the civilization’s script can be read, its language, culture and religion, as well as the history of its rise and fall, will remain shrouded in mystery.
The prize, announced by M.K. Stalin, the chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is intended to renew efforts to decipher the script. The push, however, is not merely about historical scholarship. It is the latest front in a cultural war over India’s ancient past.
It is a riddle that has confounded scholars for over a century. And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Relatively little is known about the creators of the script, who built a sprawling urban system about 5,000 years ago across what is modern-day India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Excavations at more than 2,000 sites have unearthed a wealth of artifacts. But until the civilization’s script can be read, its language, culture and religion, as well as the history of its rise and fall, will remain shrouded in mystery.
The prize, announced by M.K. Stalin, the chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is intended to renew efforts to decipher the script. The push, however, is not merely about historical scholarship. It is the latest front in a cultural war over India’s ancient past.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Ping.
D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I N E
Id like it in small bills please
It reads...”Make me a sammich”.
Send check, and hurry.
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Never mind, Marco Rubio used this one when speaking after his swearing in.
As an aside, There’s talk of the use of AI to try to translate petrogyphs, in particular the ones on Shamans Wall.
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I figured it out.
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Thanks for the ping.
AI hasn’t deciphered it yet?
Here, I got it…Send more Chuck Barry.
Indus Valley Civilization First
Indus Script Deciphered! What It Means for Hinduism, Sanskrit and Bharat | Yajnadevam on ACP 91
Ha ha ha a 2 hour interview , not sure how many people will sit through that.
Some of the highlights , as per the interviewer.
Yajnadevam (Bharath Rao) is an expert working on the decipherment of the Indus script, a crucial topic in the Aryan Invasion/Migration debate. The discussion ties to the origins of Hinduism, Sanskrit, and Indian history.
Yajnadevam (Bharath Rao) discusses his groundbreaking work on deciphering the Indus script (AKA Harappan script or Sarasvati-Sindhu script), which is central to the debate surrounding the origins of Hinduism and Sanskrit. Bharath Rao, who has a background in engineering and cryptography, explains how he approached the problem by modeling the script as a cryptogram, utilizing information theory to validate his findings.
Throughout the conversation, he challenges established narratives, particularly the Aryan Invasion Theory, asserting that Sanskrit and Hinduism are indigenous to India and date back thousands of years.
The episode covers the methodology used in decipherment, including pattern recognition and regular expressions, as well as the implications of the findings for understanding ancient Indian civilization.
Yajnadevam emphasizes the continuity of culture from the Harappan period through to later Indian history, arguing that contemporary Hinduism can be traced back to these ancient roots.
If 2 hours is too much , here is a different, shorter interview at 45 minutes.
Breaking The Code: Deciphering The Enigma Of The Indus Script With Yajnadevam | Podcast | N18P
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“But until the civilization’s script can be read, its language, culture and religion, as well as the history of its rise and fall, will remain shrouded in mystery.”
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Maybe it says something about gender fluidity being adopted and hence their fall.
On the small shard discovered within the sacrificial temple alter niche, the deciphered message is said by some graduate students to read “Paki’s will rule England”
The CCP’s new AI SleekLeak should be able to handle that in just a few minutes.
But will they pay out if the script turns out to be Proto-Sinitic (China),or oldies like Proto-Dravidian(Tamil), Semitic, Uralic (Hungarian,Finnish etc?)
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