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Indo-Aryan Hypothesis argument

In the Indus_script#Miscellaneous_hypotheses section the possibility of a (non-Sanskrit) Indo-Aryan language is introduced. The current texts objects to the thesis saying:

"However, there are many problems with this hypothesis. A major one includes: Since the people belonging to the Indo-European cultures were always on the move, horses played a very important role in their lives or as Parpola put it, "There is no escape from the fact that the horse played a central role in the Vedic and Iranian cultures..." (Parpola, 1986)."

but does not relate this fact to anything else- why is the centrality of the horse something that makes an Indo-Aryan language unlikely? Was text deleted, or is part of the argument missing? I also can't locate the reference given- there is a 1987 Parpola publication in the reference list, but no 1986. --Spasemunki (talk) 23:50, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely it meant they don't reside in one place. This automatically secludes long term interactions that could influences others. As for other arguments, the Aryans are late by over thousand years while apparently the Indus script remained the unchanged through history. This indicates the robustness of the language; the high and widespread education level of the population that resists changes or it being so simple that others cannot replace. Most likely it's all of that combined. On another note, the Indian continent was one of the origin places of ancestral horses. Maybe it's the other way around? Mightyname (talk) 00:33, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Keezhadi

The finds at Keezhadi are so trivial. Only Tamil nationalists promotes this theory. The evidence is weak for any connection with Keezhadi. ChandlerMinh (talk) 09:53, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Writing direction

This talk by Rajesh Rao claims the writing was right to left, discussing both the compression and the pottery evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_nJ4vfG-A&t=1030s T039mwftulnm0l (talk) 19:02, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Earliest discovered script

It there nothing more recent than 2006? Doug Weller talk 16:14, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Broken Font link

The link referenced under https://www.harappa.com/blog/free-complete-indus-font-package-available "Go to font packages at the National Fund for Mohenjodaro" http://www.mohenjodaroonline.net/index.php/indus-script/corpus-by-asko-parpola is broken, trying to make visitors install malware. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.224.214.87 (talk) 14:41, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Malware? Doesn't seem to be trying to install anything on my end at all, it's just a dead end that goes to a blank page. You can access the original page at the archive referenced in the section, and the download button there just gives you a zip folder with the font.

Regardless, I've added an archive link to the Harappa.com link, so that clicking through any links there should automatically take you to an archived copy of the Mohenjodaroonline.net link. – Scyrme (talk) 16:56, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Alphabet of the Sindhu Prakrit (The Decipherment of the Indus script)

It's an intial decipherment of the Indus valley civilization Mahaveer H Muhammad (talk) 05:58, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yajna Devam

There are at least two dozen papers deciphering the script as Sanskrit. You can't add just one paper just because it is popular on social media. Papers uploaded on Academia.edu is not WP:RS ChandlerMinh (talk) 15:48, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The paper is published on academia.edu and it is well written with all references included, not sure what is the objection of user to include all 12 papers and let reader make decision about their content. After all it is only linking in relavant information to article, no need of unnecessary censorahip. 59.102.43.48 (talk) 04:19, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Someone edited the article recently to add a link to the same paper. It's still just a PDF uploaded to a website. Not peer reviewed, not reliable. AnAbandonedMall (talk) 02:54, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semantic scope

of Indus inscriptions comprising taxation, trade and craft licensing, commodity control and access control: archaeological and script-internal evidence

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02320-7

This new paper adds some information.- Nizil (talk) 17:51, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sumerian

World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 16:20, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]