This post is not on Skt. But on the subject of scripts.
Actually belongs with an earlier post on pre-Ashokan Brahmi found in the subcontinent (esp TN and SL), but can't locate that readily. And not sure which thread the following belongs in.
news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/rare-inscription-bearing-biblical-name-found-in-israel-150616.htm
(Nothing actually biblical, but merely a common name of the region and time also seen in mentioned in the babble.)
Had seen a comment there, the first part of seems like just word-games (even easier to do with languages that only depict consonants in writing, so any vowels can be filled in, plus some consonants can have variants, and thus many words can be fit in there with such lax rules). But this bit is interesting if there's any merit to it:
If true, wonder if there's been any study done on the total number of pictograms that correspond between the two sets.
(If significantly high and thus ruling out coincidental convergence, this could lead to further indications to Brahmi being locally descended; rather than Brahmi being derived from Phoenician script, as is often claimed by the west.)
Actually belongs with an earlier post on pre-Ashokan Brahmi found in the subcontinent (esp TN and SL), but can't locate that readily. And not sure which thread the following belongs in.
news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/rare-inscription-bearing-biblical-name-found-in-israel-150616.htm
(Nothing actually biblical, but merely a common name of the region and time also seen in mentioned in the babble.)
Had seen a comment there, the first part of seems like just word-games (even easier to do with languages that only depict consonants in writing, so any vowels can be filled in, plus some consonants can have variants, and thus many words can be fit in there with such lax rules). But this bit is interesting if there's any merit to it:
Quote:Wim Borsboom
[...]
Although the script on this jar is apparently very early Hebrew, 5 or 6 of the graphemes bear ancient Harappan Indus Valley Culture's script resemblance.
If true, wonder if there's been any study done on the total number of pictograms that correspond between the two sets.
(If significantly high and thus ruling out coincidental convergence, this could lead to further indications to Brahmi being locally descended; rather than Brahmi being derived from Phoenician script, as is often claimed by the west.)