Re: A China-Sumer connection
From: Comm (tjsrno_at_spampost.com)
Date: 03/06/05
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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:38:10 GMT
<a.manansala@attbi.com> wrote in message
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> Comm wrote:
>> "Neeraj Mathur" <neemathur@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Take ancient Attic Greek. Anyone that knows that language, how to
> write it,
>> and so forth, would easily be able to write a document in that
> language long
>> after it's in disuse.
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> The rules for writing Vedic hymns known as Chandas are spelled out very
> clearly by the grammarian Panini. Someone with sufficient mastery of
> these rules could write a passable hymn today, which if he could fake a
> patina on a copper plate, we could then date back to 1,700 BCE and
> submit to JIES.
Ok, but I doubt anyone in India has done this. Don't you?
>
> Regards,
> Paul Kekai Manansala
> http://sambali.blogspot.com/
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