A recent research paper published in Palgrave Communications, a Nature group journal, has claimed that a majority of the Indus Valley inscriptions were written logographically (by using word signs) and not by using phonograms (speech sounds units).
About:
Name of the paper: Interrogating Indus inscription to unravel their mechanism of meaning conveyance.
Objective: This article mainly focuses on understanding how Indus inscriptions conveyed meanings, rather than on deciphering what they conveyed.
Key findings:
Majority of the Indus Valley inscriptions were written logographically (by using word signs) and not by using phonograms (speech sounds units).
The inscriptions can be compared to the structured messages found on stamps, coupons, tokens and currency coins of modern times.
The popular hypothesis that the seals were inscribed with Proto-Dravidian or Proto-Indo-European names of the seal-owners does not hold ground.
These inscriptions can be compared to the messages found on stamps, coupons, tokens and currency coins of modern times.
Way ahead: This study could serve as a basis in future for the deciphering of the script.
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