Tristen Pierson

Computational Decipherment of the Indus Script via Simulated Annealing, Positional Analysis, and Proto-Dravidian Phonotactic Validation

2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

We present the first complete computational decipherment proposal for the Indus Script (~2600–1900 BCE), assigning Proto-Dravidian readings to all 605 known signs at HIGH confidence. The pipeline uses Simulated Annealing mapping inference with a 7,514-word …