The Indus Script: A Positional-Statistical ApproachSince the discovery of the Indus Civilization, the meaning of the enigmatic Indus script remains hidden in its four hundred characters. While many would-be-decipherers have attempted to unravel its meaning with the aid of a presumed underlying language, none of these attempts has proven successful. In response, the approach taken in this work does not preclude an underlying language, but offers an alternate approach where the positional patterns of the Indus signs are investigated in an attempt to segment the character strings. Michael Korvink is a former instructor of International Studies at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and now works in the private sector. |
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analysis archaeological record Asko Parpola Bonta boustrophedon concordance constant sign decipherment attempts discussed example extricated Fairservis final position fish signs frequency and syntax Frequency of Pairwise grid Harappan Civilization Hence high frequency Ibid individual frequencies individual signs Indus script Indus Valley Script infer initial placement initial position Iravatham Mahadevan isolate Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Kondratov Let us examine line of script line of text linear order listed logo-syllabic script low frequency medial information Medial Medial Medial Medial Medial Prefix medial placement medial position medial signs Mohenjo-Daro number of signs pairwise combination Pairwise Frequency polygrams positional breakdown Positional Distribution Positional Order positional slot prefix and terminal prefixing signs process of elimination seen segmented separate idea separate unit Sign Solo Signs Caused signs occur similar single sign Solo 0 Initial Solo 0 Solo stamp seals suffixes syntactical Terminal Medial Medial Terminal Medial Prefix terminal signs thesis trigram unit of information variable signs variants