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Asko Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of South Asian studies at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in Sindhology, specifically the study of the Indus script.
Generally recognized as the world's expert on the Indus script, Asko Parpola has been studying this undeciphered writing for over 40 years at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He is co-editor of collections of all seals and inscriptions in India and Pakistan.
Articles 1–20. Professor emeritus of Indology and South Asian Studies, University of Helsinki - Cited by 3,815 - Indus Civilization - Veda - Indian religions -...
Asko Parpola has been studying the Indus script for over 40 years at the University of Helsinki in Finland and is co-editor of collections of all seals and inscriptions in India and Pakistan.
Mar 25, 2023 · Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in the 1980s.
Asko Parpola: The earliest literature of South Asia, generally dated between about 1300 and 1000 BCE, consists of the hymns of the Rigveda. In these skilfully constructed poems, people calling themselves Ārya praise their deities and pray for victory in battle, for sons, and for other good things.
Asko Parpola, Emeritus Professor of Indology, is one of the world’s leading scholars of Indus Civilization and the Sāmaveda. On his numerous research trips to India, he has become acquainted both with Sanskrit manuscripts and with Vedic rituals dating back thousands of years.
Asko PARPOLA | Cited by 327 | of University of Helsinki, Helsinki (HY) | Read 58 publications | Contact Asko PARPOLA.
Jul 15, 2015 · Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu...
The Roots of Hinduism: Asko Parpola in Conversation NOTE: Asko Parpola is a Finnish Indologist and Sindhologist, current professor emeritus of Indology and South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki.
