The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c9.14

c9.14

A survey of the possible affinities of Proto-Indian with Hittite and Minoan is not included here, not for lack of superficial resemblance, but for lack of space and time, and because it was deemed better to investigate the apparent affinities with scripts which were already very fully deciphered. An exception has been made in the case of Proto-Elamite on account of its proximity both in time and place to Proto-Indian. The inclusion of Cypriote in the comparative table was made on the principle that at this stage of the work of deciphering Proto-Indian it was desirable to include in our comparative survey all independent and deciphered scripts. Chinese has not been included because after a study of the articles of Mr. Hopkins in the J.R.A.S. supplemented by a visit to view his collection, and especially after receiving the considered opinion of Mr. Hopkins who spent a week in examining my autograph copies of the Proto-Indian texts, I concluded that the relationship, if any, was too remote as between Proto-Indian and the earliest Chinese of the Honan bones, to warrant a detailed investigation at this stage.