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Anyone else interested in cryptography?
I want to try crack the Indus Valley script. Maybe we can together.
The idea of deciphering the Indus Valley script without a bilingual source like the Rosetta Stone is theoretically possible by testing hypothetical readings across multiple inscriptions to see if they produce consistent, coherent results. This method relies on identifying repeatable patterns, applying proposed values or meanings across different texts, and checking if they fit logically.
However, the main challenge with the Indus script is the extreme brevity of its inscriptions, with most being only a few symbols long, leaving little context to test hypotheses effectively. Additionally, the underlying language is unknown, and there’s no consensus on whether the script represents a full language or is simply a set of non-linguistic symbols used for administrative or religious purposes.
Researchers have applied statistical analyses and machine learning models to study symbol patterns, suggesting some linguistic-like structure, but not enough to confirm a full decipherment. While cross-checking across texts as you described has been attempted, the limited length and ambiguity of the symbols prevent conclusive results so far.
No.69583
>>69582> Anyone else interested in cryptography?The most wizardly of arts.
It's a really cool subject.
> Researchers have applied statistical analyses and machine learning models to study symbol patterns, suggesting some linguistic-like structure, but not enough to confirm a full decipherment.Do we know which language phylum the language belongs to? If we could crack the script without this, I'd be scared of what AI is capable of.