# Yadav 2010: Statistical Analysis of the Indus Script Using n-Grams

> Nisha Yadav, Hrishikesh Joglekar, Rajesh P. N. Rao et al., 2010. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The inductive-methods survey cites it, with…

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# Statistical Analysis of the Indus Script Using n-Grams

Nisha Yadav, Hrishikesh Joglekar, Rajesh P. N. Rao et al., 2010. _PLoS ONE_.

Applies n-gram Markov models to the Indus script and reports Zipf-Mandelbrot sign frequencies, different signs at the start and end of texts, and strong pairwise sign dependencies, which the authors read as evidence of syntax.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0009506](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009506)** Checked against the original0

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Yadav, N., Joglekar, H., Rao, R. P. N., Vahia, M. N., Adhikari, R., & Mahadevan, I. (2010). Statistical Analysis of the Indus Script Using n-Grams. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009506
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