Rajesh Rao: Computing a Rosetta Stone for the Indus script
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Jun 28, 2011
http://www.ted.com Rajesh Rao is fascinated by "the mother of all crossword puzzles": How to decipher the 4000 year old Indus script. At TED 2011 he tells how he is enlisting modern computational techniques to read the Indus language, the key piece to understanding this ancient civilization.
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@grace007007 He was referring to the basic language structure of indus not that printed seals.
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Language is the source of misunderstandings.
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mesopotamian insinuates sum=merian
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@helpmakethingsbetter Quite interesting theory.
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if the text reads right to left, and they are looking at stamps, wouldnt the print read left to right?
grace007007 7 months ago 14
awesome .... Dr. Indian(a) Jones !
test123ok 8 months ago 7