indus script deciphered de krishna rao m v n (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Hardbound with dust jacket. Noticeable basement (musty) odor. Jacket with edge wear, especially at top of front cover. No text markings noted.

Etat : Good. Original cloth, gilt lettered spine, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.; Cut slightly browned.

Etat : New. pp. xv + 203 Figures, Illus., Maps.

Hardcover. Etat : New. 2nd Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Writing systems. 3. First success. 4. Further attempts at decipherment of the Indus Script. 5. Criteria in ascribing the phonetic values. 6. Evolution of the script. 7. Styles of writing peculiar to the Indus Civilization. 8. Highlights of the reading of the script. 9. Foreign rulers in the Indus Seals-A clue to determine the chronology of the Indus Civilization. 10. Chronology of the Indus civilization. 11. The language and the grammar. 12. Conclusion. Appendices. Figures. Plates. Bibliography. Index. Based on scientific methods and sound logic Indus Script Deciphered reveals a syllabic stage in the evaluation of the writing systems of the world. The decipherment also proves that the Aryans and Asuras a mixed race with the background of common religion and culture are no new comers to this land, but inhabited the Indus valley from time immemorial till they got separated at the end of the Indus Civilization. Known to the people of the contemporary civilization as Aryans, this mixed race was one of the four great races of mankind who inhabited the ancient world, the other three being; Semitic Hamitic and Turanian. The deciphered names of goods, kings and dynasties cities, temples and countries, besides a host of other thing make significant contribution to the extension of the horizons of history. The life of forgotten people of the great civilization bubbling with the activities like wars, religion, culture, trade, navigation and writing unfolds itself in the pages of this book.

Etat : New. pp. xv + 203.