| Parpola's Work Audio (41K) |
"Parpola's work is without doubt the most valuable contribution to date in the field of the Indus script. As I have mentioned in my latest paper, his work transcends linguistic boundaries."
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"Parpola's work is without doubt the most valuable contribution to date in the field of the Indus script. As I have mentioned in my latest paper, his work transcends linguistic boundaries." |
| "His contribution in publishing the first concordance, the first computer studies, the UNESCO volumes of seals are very great. Therefore, while I still consider that Parpola's latest decipherment to be not wholly successful, therein might lie the seeds of future decipherments. I would say he has laid the groundwork for a successful decipherment which may happen any day now or maybe later. The world of scholarship recognizes that Parpola's is the most serious work done to date on the Indus script." Continued in Full Interview |