Joe Shearer
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@Joe Shearer sb speaks cuneiform?
or is that an ageist joke, @hembo ?
Clever, QUITE clever, but no cigar.
That is not cuneiform, that is Brahmi script, and the writing is a copy of one of the rock pillar edicts of Asoka. I am feeling too lazy in this 38 deg. heat to look it up, or to offer readers a full transcript (it is quite readily available on line).
Asokan pillars were written in both Brahmi and in Kharosthi, depending on the location. This one is, in my opinion, Brahmi.
Please try not to say these very silly things in public, at least until the weather has cooled down with the coming of the rains (another two weeks at most). It is far too hot to offer impromptu history lessons in basic history.??? The country Hindustan was non existent. India just adopted a name given by foreign invaders. Hindustan itself is a region named after the Indus, of which not an inch flows through India.
As Churchill said, "India is no more of a country than the Equator.
If you want to use your own logic, PAKISTAN stands for Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan. Sindh alone is older than Hindustan.
Your kind cooperation will oblige.