We have CRACKED Indus Valley Script.... Somewhat

Indus Valley Script has been one of the oldest unsolved mysteries in the world.
In this video we have made an attempt to solve a few Indus signs with the help of Linear Elamite and Proto Sinaitic and Brahmi scripts.

Apparently we have managed to crack the Indus Valley Script, and while it's far from complete, it's a big step forward in deciphering the ins and outs of the Indus Valley Civilization.

This is by no means a final or complete decipherment, but it's an exciting development nonetheless. In this video, I'll take you through the latest news and developments in the Indus Valley Script saga, and share with you what this means for Indian history. Stay tuned for more updates as we move closer and closer to a full understanding of this ancient civilization!
The music is made by artist named HoliznaCC0 and we thank him for that.

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[simplyhistory]

Incredible. Absolutely Incredible. I've also been into the Indus Script and trying to make observations of the seals pattern and way of usage etc., but you took it to another level. Great job! I like how you connected Elamite and Brahmi to the Indus script, especially. Many people have tried to put up similarities and possible theories of Brahmi-Indus connection, and most completely disregarded Elamite and saw it as a language isolate (though a small minority of researchers have connected IVC script with Elamite). This would also have to do w/ the origin of the Indus people and their trade connections with Elam and other places. One more area that could possibly hold an interesting story is the almost unkown Oxus Civilization, which existed during the same time of the IVC near the river of Amu Darya in central Asia. They had fully fortified cities, fire altars w/soma pots, a structural palace etc. It is also called the BMAC (Bactria Margiana Archeological Complex) which is quite an unromantic name. Even the first excavations of this civilization revealed that trade between them and the IVC was abundant as shown by seals there (as far as Turkmenistan), most likely exported through the IVC post of Shortugai in central asia. Some (undeciphered) bits of writing have also been found in the Oxus. Future excavations could reveal linguistic and cultural similarities between the IVC and the Oxus. Something definitely interesting to think about. The Oxus Civilization ended around 1800 BCE, the same time as the Indus. Other than that, these symbols that you managed to decipher have also been deciphered the exact same by other researchers like Sue Sullivan and Yajnadevam, among others. Especially the "Namana" that you mentioned was also recorded exactly by sullivan and yajnadevam. The dotted line as "na" has been mentioned many times, your brilliant research only reaffirms that :). the "Ma" sound as the fish seems most probable because not only does it look similar to the Brahmi Ma as you showed, but also because the dravidian word for fish is "Min", and the Sanskrit word for fish is "Matsya". Most other indian Language groups have their word for fish startibg with a "M" sound, which I thought was interesting. Also, the "B" sound as the box also reminded me of something, that semitic and middle eastern languages like aramaic etc. have the word for "house" as "bet" or "bait". same goes with egyptian (in egyptian it was written as "pr")In Egyptian hieroglyphs, the representation of a house is with a box as well. The box could have possibly represented a house, like they did in Egyptian Hieroglyphs. And w/ the connections with elamite, their writing systems might have been influenced by each other. Anyway, your work is absolutely fantastic! great video!

[drvidhijain]

Indians from all parts of our country should participate more in deciphering our past..

[danielkover]

I'm 46 years old now. When I was a little boy I had a big book put out by Reader's Digest called The World's Last Mysteries, published in 1976, a year before I was born. They talk about Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, and the mysterious script of this mysterious civilization. They had no idea what it said or how to interpret it. There were many theories, including one that said there might be a link between the Harappans and Easter Island, since their scripts had some similarities. It's been a long time coming, but it's exciting to see people are finally making progress on it. I hope we get to learn a lot more about the Harappans. The more mysterious a people, the more intrigued I become. That's why I like ancient history and prehistory so much--the tantalizing mystery coupled with the ache of knowing we will never know everything.

[RichardASalisbury]

I'd like see a part 2. I became fascinated with the Indus Valley Civilization over 50 years ago when--after reading Joseph Campbell's "The Masks of God, " (most of) Arnold J. Toynbee's "A Study of History, " and a few other books, e.g. Lewis Mumford's "The Transformations of Man"--I obtained a BA in history at UC Berkeley. I continue to read about the earliest civilizations (e.g. urban-centered societies), and of course have a particular interest in all written records they left behind. I recall being fascinated by an early, and overoptimistic, start at deciphering the IVC's script in a 1983 issue of "Scientific American." So please, keep on with the good work!

[cvg]

Meen in Tamil also means Fish.
It is not only in English, as per your description.
Please go through the works of Dr.Iravatham Mahadevan who emphatically declared that Tamil was the language spoken in Saraswati River Civilization. Indus Valley is the term coined by the Britishers.

[adamrose]

Definitely make a Part 2 . . . that was fascinating and could be quite a groundbreaking bit of research !
Great work !

[manojjadhav]

I also read this as 'Na-Ma-Na' two years ago using Elamite and proposed readings of some inscriptions. Trust me, its not Abugida Script and it does represent Indo-European Language. Indus Script is Logo-Syllabic. You read basic FISH sign only, not its varients.

My suggestion, in part 2, propose decipherment of other inscriptions where FISH sign varients and different signs are placed within two dotted lines. I spent many hours in this two years, finally to realize thats its not Abugida but a Logo-Syllabic script. Although 'Ma' sound for fish like sign is right according to my study as well.

[amishshilpi]

isn't the indus script read from right to left?

[chrisdooley]

I studied classical archaeology with a minor in ancient languages in university and this is an exciting breakthrough. My first exposure to the Rosetta Stone was utterly fascinating. I anticipate a discovery one day of something that will be as useful for Indus Valley as there was with Rosetta. Keep up the videos my friend!

[peterparker-plwt]

FYI: the Tamil linguistic already decoded most of the seals. Meen (மீன்) is Thamil word meaning fish.
In Pakistan and Afghanistan there are hundreds of Tamil names (places) which are in Sangam literature and still use in Tamil Nadu. You can verify this information.

[sergioluizcasarespinto]

Namana translated 🙏 namaste shows a similarity between the pictograph like a fish and the salutation gesture that comes with the Namana=Namaste word. And it can be put next to fish too because the gesture covers the mouth and could have the meaning of good luck, good fortune on your table, your meal, an important primary necessity much more important in ancient times.

[manikandanputhur]

Great! No words! I think we will be able to progress to 75% of the scripts soon! I think the last syllable in each word can be half. Like instead of namanah we may have to read it Naman (in hindi it exists). Anyway, congrats!!

[drrahulnagar]

Great effort 👍👍👍👍👍 Would like to see not only part 2 but also a whole series on this!!!

[sonarbangla]

Deciphering the Indus script can only be in line with spoken prakrit, as Egyptian, Sumerian and Greek all conform with their spoken languages.

[priyangshumallick]

Na-Ma-Na

This is actually relatable as Naman= Namaste
Or Naman Karna (Hindi)
It is sounds like Namaste

[davidharrison]

Thank you for this incredibly interesting video! I also really enjoyed the one about horses.

I just saw a Finnish scholar saying the fish is probably ”min", which is the proto-dravidian for fish, and homophonous with proto-dravidian for star, since it's used in some contexts where the meaning star makes sense.

[TUNRCOM]

Another big challenge here (similar to the Minoan Linear A script) is that Harrapan culture probably used a Dravidian language (like Tamil) whereas Brahmin and Elamite may have been based on Indo-European languages.
So it’s hard to say what syllables they were actually using or even if this is a syllabry. Another possibility is that it is logographic system with no relation to syllables.
But it’s still worth this effort to keep investigating.

[JonahIronstone]

Part 2 would be wonderful! Thank you for sharing this.

[caveoverthesea]

Extremely interesting. I hope I live long enough to see this script deciphered. It's puzzling to me that such an advanced ancient culture has such a paucity of written records.

[ChristianJiang]

That’s great! We should raise awareness as many still think that Brahmi is derived from Semitic scripts… (It becomes evident when you watch one of those videos that claim that every alphabet is descended from Proto-Sinaitic)… We could link it back to the Indus Valley script instead