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Richter-Ushanas Egbert |
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Titolo |
Two systems of symbolic writing : the Indus script and the Easter Island script / / Egbert Richter-Ushanas |
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[Nordhausen, Germany] : , : [Traugott Bautz], , 2012 |
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©[2012] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (97 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indus script |
Rongorongo script |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Titelei; Impressum; CONTENTS; Introduction; I. The interpretation of the Indus scriptin relation to the R̥g- and Atharva-Veda; 1. The historical setting of the Indus script; 2. The testimony of bilinguals; 3. Short inscriptions (one to four signs); 4. The Sacred marriage; 5. The great seer Agastya; 6. The standard as an image of the soma-press; 7. Two seals with cosmogonic inscriptions; 8. The parable of the elephant and the blind; 9. The swastika; 10. Cross-Checking; 11. Conclusions; References; II. The Rosetta stone of the Rongorongo script; Preliminary remarks |
1. The beginning of Rongorongo research 2. The settlement of Easter Island and the war between the long-ears and the short-ears; 3. The breast ornament Rei Miro 2; 4. The New York birdman; 5. Line Br1 and Br2 of tablet Aruku Kur; Selected Bibliography; The author and the book |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The author and the book The deciphering of the Indus-script with recourse to the R̥g-Veda shows that the Indus-culture is older than the Vedic canon that was transmitted orally. The Yoga has the same origin as it can be deduced from Indus seals and tablets with a person sitting in a yoga-posture. This is also evident through the Yoga practice of the greeting of the sun, where the hands form the Indus-sign for the sun. Since the Indus cities were destroyed in a relatively early time the Indus-script was conserved as a word script. It did not develop into a |
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