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can someone solve this riddle? King bimbisara treasure

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https://halfsamosa.in/son-bhandar-caves/

Read the article and see if we can solve the riddle and offer help to archeologist in free time
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The inscriptions are in a yet undeciphered language.
Shankhalipi (IAST: Śaṅkhalipi) or "shell-script" is a term used by scholars to describe presently undeciphered ornate spiral characters assumed to be Brahmi derivative that resemble conch shells (or shankhas) which can tentatively be assigned a new script family. They are found in inscriptions across various parts of India except the far south and date to between the 4th and 8th centuries CE. Both Shankhalipi and ornate Brahmi were stylised scripts used primarily for names and signatures.
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At a first glance it looked like Tibetan. :popcorn:
Eyes downcast, not footloose,
senses guarded, with protected mind,
not oozing — not burning — with lust,
wander alone
like a rhinoceros.
Sutta Nipāta 1.3 - Khaggavisana Sutta
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See, Ānanda! All those conditioned phenomena have passed, ceased, and perished. So impermanent are conditions, so unstable are conditions, so unreliable are conditions. This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.
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Re: can someone solve this riddle? King bimbisara treasure

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rhinoceroshorn wrote: Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:53 pm
At a first glance it looked like Tibetan. :popcorn:
Looks a lot more like ancient Gobbledegook to me. :reading:


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