title: Yu. V. Knorozov: Studies of Proto-Indian Texts. To the Centenary of the Birth
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metadata.value: Albedil, Margarita F.
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metadata.value: 2023-03-02T16:31:03Z
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metadata.value: 2023-03-02T16:31:03Z
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metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Albedil M. F. Yu. V. Knorozov: Studies of Proto-Indian Texts. To the Centenary of the Birth. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, pp. 594– 606. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2022.401 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2022.401
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39178
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metadata.value: Yu.V. Knorozov is known as a decipherer of the writing of the ancient Maya Indians. But
  his research included other historical writing systems, including Proto-Indian, much less is
  known about this. Yu.V. Knorozov began to study it in 1964 and continued with the Group of
  Ethnic Semiotics he created. Proto-Indian texts have preserved evidence of one of the greatest
  civilizations of antiquity, which existed in the III–II millennium BC in the northwest of
  Hindustan, in the valley of the Indus River. In proto-Indian writing, all the difficulties that are
  possible when studying a forgotten historical writing system were concentrated: neither the
  letter nor the language, a small number of texts, the absence of bilingualism, etc. are unknown.
  Nevertheless, in the study of proto-Indian texts, all the tasks necessary in such cases were consistently
  solved. After a deep analysis of the texts themselves, the type of writing was defined
  as hieroglyphic (morphemic-syllabic) with all its inherent features. On the basis of formal
  typological comparisons, it was proved that the language of the Proto-Indian inscriptions was
  Dravidian; a linguistic interpretation of a number of texts was proposed and a conditional
  phonetic reading of the signs of proto-Indian writing was established. Yu. V. Knorozov also
  studied images and symbols accompanying inscriptions on various archaeological sites. The
  main types of inscriptions were identified, described and analyzed. On this basis, it was possible
  to reconstruct some features of the religious and mythological ideas of the inhabitants of
  proto-Indian cities and their calendar and chronological system. The purpose of this article
  is to show all stages of the study of proto-Indian texts, methodological positions and main
  results obtained in the course of work under the guidance of Yu. V. Knorozov. The author’s task
  is to acquaint the scientific community with the significant contribution of Yu. V. Knorozov
  into work on the study of proto-Indian writing and thereby resurrect one of the facets of the
  multifaceted image of the great Russian scientist.
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 14; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: proto-Indian writing
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metadata.value: archaeological objects
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: type of writing
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metadata.value: language of inscriptions
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metadata.value: phonetic reading
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: iconographic texts
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metadata.value: Yu. V. Knorozov: Studies of Proto-Indian Texts. To the Centenary of the Birth
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