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	'''Krishna Rao''' is an Indian archaeologist and writer born in 1930.		'''Krishna Rao''' is an Indian archaeologist and writer born in 1930.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2021}}

	He received his master's degree from [[Andhra University]] in 1953, and a postgraduate degree in ~~Archaeology~~ in 1967 from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. For a time he was in charge of the [[Amaravathi (village), Guntur district\|Amaravathi]] Museum in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.		He received his master's degree from [[Andhra University]] in 1953, and a postgraduate degree in archaeology in 1967 from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. For a time he was in charge of the [[Amaravathi (village), Guntur district\|Amaravathi]] Museum in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2021}}

	==Published works==		==Published works==

	''Indus Script Deciphered'' (1982)<ref>The World's Writing Systems, p. 171, by Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, 1996</ref> published by ~~AGAM KALA PRAKASHAN~~, Delhi, India.		''Indus Script Deciphered'' (1982)<ref>The World's Writing Systems, p. 171, by Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, 1996</ref> was published by Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi, India.

	In this book, Rao noted similarities between [[Sumerian language\|Sumerian]] pre-[[cuneiform]] writing, and [[Indus script]], and proposed that Indus script encoded [[Sanskrit]] and a number of other languages. Rao theorized that Indus script consisted of ideograms and syllable signs, rather than being a pure syllabary like [[Brahmi script]].		In this book, Rao noted similarities between [[Sumerian language\|Sumerian]] pre-[[cuneiform]] writing, and [[Indus script]], and proposed that Indus script encoded [[Sanskrit]] and a number of other languages. Rao theorized that Indus script consisted of ideograms and syllable signs, rather than being a pure syllabary like [[Brahmi script]].{{Primary source inline\|date=December 2021}}

	==References==		==References==
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{{short description|Indian archaeologist and writer (born 1930)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
'''Krishna Rao''' is an Indian archaeologist and writer born in 1930.

He received his master's degree from [[Andhra University]] in 1953, and a postgraduate degree in Archaeology in 1967 from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. For a time he was in charge of the [[Amaravathi (village), Guntur district|Amaravathi]] Museum in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.

==Published works==

''Indus Script Deciphered'' (1982)<ref>The World's Writing Systems, p. 171, by Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, 1996</ref> published by AGAM KALA PRAKASHAN, Delhi, India.

In this book, Rao noted similarities between [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] pre-[[cuneiform]] writing, and [[Indus script]], and proposed that Indus script encoded [[Sanskrit]] and a number of other languages. Rao theorized that Indus script consisted of ideograms and syllable signs, rather than being a pure syllabary like [[Brahmi script]].

==References==
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