Deciphering Indus script as Sarasvati hieroglyphs, Mleccha (Meluhha)

[Guest guest]

Deciphering Indus Script as Sarasvati hieroglyphs with underlying

language: Mleccha (Meluhha), a Prakrit

 

A book has just been published (2005) containing the Proceedings of

the Seminar in 2003 organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced

Study, Shimla. This contains the following essay: S. Kalyanaraman,

2005, Sarasvati hieroglyphs and bharatiya cultural continuum:

mlecchita vikalpa and bharatiya sabhyata, in: Kapil Kapoor and

Avadhesh Kumar Singh, eds., Indian Knowledge Systems, New Delhi,

Indian Institute of Advanced Study Simla and DK Printworld (P) Ltd.,

New Delhi, pp.565-672 Excerpt from the Prefatory note (p.7): "Dr. S.

Kalyanaraman in his exhaustive essay 'Sarasvati hieroglyphs and

bharatiya cultural continuum: mlecchita vikalpa and bharatiya

sabhyata' brings together epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics,

history, satellite photography and contemporary observations to knit

the story of Sarasvati river civilization. A deep scholarly

statement, it is appropriately annotated and illustrated and is a

conclusive argument for the existence of the Sarasvati river and its

influence on the civilization and on Indian life. The methodology of

presentation is a little unusual but is demanded by the intricate

subject matter."

 

A word document which mirrors this essay, file

called "sarasvatihieroglyphs.doc" (13.9 MB) has been uploaded at the

following URL; the link can be shared with more people:

 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UP5IUCOE The following message was

included: Sarasvati hieroglyphs: smithy repertoire read rebus as

mleccha pan-bharatiya Prakrit.

 

Mlecchita vikalpa is a term used by Vatsyayana. Bharatiyo in Gujarati

means 'caster of metals'. Mlecchamukha in Samskritam means 'copper';

cognate milakkhu in Pali means 'copper'. The occurrence of epigraphs

on copper plates and also epigraphs inscribed on metal tools/weapons

are conclusive proof of the epigraphs being products of smithy. The

rosetta stone is provided by two tin ingots with Sarasvati

hieroglyphs discovered in a shipwreck at Haifa. Further evidences

have been provided at http://spaces.msn.com/members/sarasvati97

(together with albums of illustrations); also mirrored at:

http://sarasvatismithy.blogspot.com/

 

 

http://protovedic.blogspot.com/ provides an overview of the

linguistic area of the civilization and a method to delineate the

differentiation and evolution of proto-vedic into mleccha/prakrits,

samskritam, avestan. It cannot be mere coincidence that almost all

the so-called 'pictorial motifs' and the so-called 'signs' – both

constituting glyphs – simply relate to just one techno-trade category

of 4 th to 2nd millennium BCE: smithy.

 

Not unlike the Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rebus method was employed to

convey, through epigraphs, messages related to smithy property

resources – resources such as furnaces of various types, minerals,

metals, alloys. The underlying language was Mleccha (Meluhha),

exemplified by the language integrate: Nahali > Nagari.

 

The cracking of the code of Sarasvati hieroglyphs (so-called Indus

Script) should provide for a framework to re-visit the evolution of

bharatiya languages in a linguistic area, meanings of 'devices' on

punch-marked coins, coins of the janapadas and later-day practices

(such as evidenced by Sohaugara copper plate) to use copper plates

for recording economic/property transactions. Leads are provided to

explain the components of Kubera's navanidhi (nine treasures) and to

explain the sculptural representations of ligatures such as makara,

s'rivatsa or ujjain glyphs as metaphors of wealth.

 

S. Kalyanaraman

 

8 December 2005

 

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati