# Parpola 1969: Decipherment of the Proto-Dravidian Inscriptions of the Indus Civilization: A First Announcement

> Asko Parpola, Seppo Koskenniemi, Simo Parpola et al., 1969. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first published Dravidian decipherment claim.

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# Decipherment of the Proto-Dravidian Inscriptions of the Indus Civilization: A First Announcement

Asko Parpola, Seppo Koskenniemi, Simo Parpola et al., 1969. _Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Special Publications 1, Copenhagen_.

The Finnish team's first announcement, using computer concordances of the signs, that the Indus inscriptions write a Proto-Dravidian language, with proposed readings of signs by rebus.

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The first published Dravidian decipherment claim.

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Parpola, A., Koskenniemi, S., Parpola, S., & Aalto, P. (1969). Decipherment of the Proto-Dravidian Inscriptions of the Indus Civilization: A First Announcement. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Special Publications 1, Copenhagen. https://ocb.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/KEI00088556?lng=en
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