HeyJaredIndus Quest
Indus script, Ancient Indian history, philosophy, political theory
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Indus seals in the Oliver Hoare collection. (opens the original)
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The Copper Hoard Anthropomorph (opens the original)
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We have discussed the inscription on the copper hoard object briefly in the post on the age of the Brahmi script. Let us now look into its composition and mysteries.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7-m2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0a
A Farmer's market full of fallacies and errors (opens the original)
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Occasionally, I’m asked to comment on the Farmer, Sproat & Witzel’s non-script thesis. At this point, since the script is deciphered and the full corpus is translated, their arguments are moot, but the paper is still interesting. This paper overflows with so much of unscholarly content that I’m embarrassed to even admit that I have read it. It is a masterclass in polemics and I have to guess that either it was not meant to be taken as a serious paper, but as an exercise to prove that readers can
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