A Catalog of Indus Signs [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

The Indus culture (2600 to 1700 BCE) developed a writing system that still remains mostly undeciphered. The inscriptions found on several artefacts (i.e. seals, tablets, pots, bangles, tags, and other types of artefacts) show a distinct pattern of Indus signs. Most texts are short, but many longer texts have complex sequences of signs. Indus inscriptions can for the most part be read from right to left. They include more than 700 distinct signs, although only less than 100 of them belong to the 'core' of Indus signs of high frequency or widespread usage.The book starts with an introduction to Indus writing, describes some differences between texts on several types of artefacts, and discusses the spatial and temporal distribution of inscribed artefacts in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.The book contains an introduction to Indus writing, describes the positional analysis of Indus signs, and discusses the type of the Indus writing system. The main part presents the current sign list and the statistics of all signs that occur on Indus inscriptions. Two appendices list the preferred usage of Indus signs by region and by artefact type. Read more