| Asko Parpola | |
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Parpola at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 |
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| Born | 1941 |
| Occupation | Indologist and Sindhologist |
Asko Parpola (born 1941) is a Finnish Indologist and Sindhologist, current professor emeritus of Indology and South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in the Indus script. Two significant contributions of Parpola to the field of decipherment of the Indus script are creation of the (now) universally used classification of Indus valley seals and the proposed (much-debated) decipherment of the language of the script[1] He is brother of the Akkadian language epigrapher Simo Parpola.[2]
Asko Parpola, received the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award for 2009 on June 23, 2010 at World Classical Tamil Conference at Coimbatore.
In broad terms, his research and teaching interests fall within the following topics:
Books and Edited Volumes: Articles:
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