An Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan

An Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan

A wide-ranging interview with Iravatham Mahadevan [1930-2018] home on January 17, 1998 with Omar Khan. The interview, held at Mr. Mahadevan's home in Chennai lasted nearly two hours and covered the Brahmi script, the cult object, various signs, his response to Asko Parpola's work.

A reflection on a decades-long pursuit of the key to Indus writing by the most important Indian scholar of this still undeciphered script.

Contents
2 Early Life and Work 10 The Terminal Indus Sign
3 The Indus Script 11 The Indus Arrow and "Harrow" Sign
4 The Cult Object or "Filter" and Soma 12 Other Indus Signs
5 The Indus Script and the Brahmi Script 13 Asko Parpola's Work
6 Was the Indus Script One or Many Languages? 14 The Unicorn Sign
7 Political and Social Organization of the Indus Civilization 15 The Ancient Indus and Dravidian Cultural Relationship
8 Writing on Palm Leaves or Cloth 16 Tamil Paleography
9 The Indus Fish Sign 17 The Future

The complete interview with Iravatham Mahadevan is also available on one page.

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