The "numeral-signs" of the Mohenjo-Daro Script
| Author | : Alan Strode Campbell Ross |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 1938 |
| Genre | : Inscriptions |
| ISBN | : |
The Numeral Signs Of The Mohenjo Daro Script
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Deciphering the Indus Script
| Author | : Asko Parpola |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2009-10-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780521795661 |
Of the writing systems of the ancient world which still await deciphering, the Indus script is the most important. It developed in the Indus or Harappan Civilization, which flourished c. 2500-1900 BC in and around modern Pakistan, collapsing before the earliest historical records of South Asia were composed. Nearly 4,000 samples of the writing survive, mainly on stamp seals and amulets, but no translations. Professor Parpola is the chief editor of the Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. His ideas about the script, the linguistic affinity of the Harappan language, and the nature of the Indus religion are informed by a remarkable command of Aryan, Dravidian, and Mesopotamian sources, archaeological materials, and linguistic methodology. His fascinating study confirms that the Indus script was logo-syllabic, and that the Indus language belonged to the Dravidian family.
Numerical Notation
| Author | : Stephen Chrisomalis |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 497 |
| Release | : 2010-01-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1139485334 |
This book is a cross-cultural reference volume of all attested numerical notation systems (graphic, non-phonetic systems for representing numbers), encompassing more than 100 such systems used over the past 5,500 years. Using a typology that defies progressive, unilinear evolutionary models of change, Stephen Chrisomalis identifies five basic types of numerical notation systems, using a cultural phylogenetic framework to show relationships between systems and to create a general theory of change in numerical systems. Numerical notation systems are primarily representational systems, not computational technologies. Cognitive factors that help explain how numerical systems change relate to general principles, such as conciseness or avoidance of ambiguity, which apply also to writing systems. The transformation and replacement of numerical notation systems relates to specific social, economic, and technological changes, such as the development of the printing press or the expansion of the global world-system.
Walking with the Unicorn
| Author | : Dennys Frenez |
| Publisher | : Archaeopress Access Archaeology |
| Total Pages | : 640 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781784919177 |
This volume, a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past 40 years, highlights recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilisation.
Indus Civilization
| Author | : R.K. Pruthi |
| Publisher | : Discovery Publishing House |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Excavations (Archaeology) |
| ISBN | : 9788171418657 |
Contents: Introduction, The Indus Civilization, Origin and Development of the Indus Civilization, Extent and Distribution of Sites, Customs and Amusements, Indian Types of Pottery Vessels in Dvaravati Culture, Inscriptions in Mohenjo Daro, Cracking the Indus Valley Code, Extension of the Indus Civilization, Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization, The Decline, Causes of the Ruin, Some New Evidences, Mohenjo-daro and Rigveda, Is Indus Valley Civilization Dravidian s or Aryan s?
Prehistory and Harappan Civilization
| Author | : Raj Kumar Pruthi |
| Publisher | : APH Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : India |
| ISBN | : 9788176485814 |
Relates To History And Culture Of Ancient India And Aims To Make Available The Best Sources On The Subject In Proper Historical Perspective. Has 13 Chapters. Also Covers Indus Valley Civilization In 16 Chapters, Has An Appendix, Map And Illustrations.
Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization
| Author | : John Marshall |
| Publisher | : Asian Educational Services |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9788120611795 |
This 3 Volume Set Presents An Official Account Of Archaeological Excavations At Mohenjo-Daro Between The Year 1922-1927. Vol. I Has Text-Chapter1-19 Plates I-Xiv, Vol. Ii Has Text Chapters 20-32 Appendices And Index, Vol. Iii Has Plates Xv-Cl X Iv. An Excellent Reference Tool.
Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
| Author | : Marta Ameri |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 524 |
| Release | : 2018-05-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1108173519 |
Studies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and ideological systems in ancient societies throughout the Old World. Previously, scholarship has focused on description and documentation, chronology and dynastic histories, administrative function, iconography, and style. More recent studies have emphasized context, production and use, and increasingly, identity, gender, and the social lives of seals, their users, and the artisans who produced them. Using several methodological and theoretical perspectives, this volume presents up-to-date research on seals that is comparative in scope and focus. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach advances our understanding of the significance of an important class of material culture of the ancient world. The volume will serve as an essential resource for scholars, students, and others interested in glyptic studies, seal production and use, and sealing practices in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Ancient South Asia and the Aegean during the 4th-2nd Millennia BCE.
