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{{short description|Indian archaeologist and writer (born 1930)}} | {{short description|Indian archaeologist and writer (born 1930)}} | ||
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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 | 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 | ''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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Krishna Rao is an Indian archaeologist and writer born in 1930.[citation needed]
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 Museum in Andhra Pradesh, India.[citation needed]
Published works[edit | edit source]
Indus Script Deciphered (1982)[1] was published by Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi, India.
In this book, Rao noted similarities between 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.[non-primary source needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The World's Writing Systems, p. 171, by Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, 1996
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