Re[2]: [tied] Re: Etruscans

At 2:16:44 AM on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, kishore
patnaik wrote:

> From what I have been reading, it is other way round- the
> Greek alphabet owes it to Etruscans.

Then I would suggest reading better sources; _The World's
Writing Systems_, edited by William Bright and Peter T.
Daniels, is good.

[...]

> The Indians have shared their culture and knowledge with
> some ancient civilizations either through migrations- for
> eg., the Mayan culture owes their highly developed
> geometry, architecture and astronomical knowledge to their
> subcontinent origins (who says so- No scholar worth his
> salt today will support this, right?)

Right. For good reason. This is degenerating into
pseudoscience.

[...]

Brian