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A team of early-career researchers from the University of Cologne has successfully deciphered the enigmatic 'unknown Kushan script,' a script that has puzzled scholars for over seventy years. After a multi-year investigation, researchers Svenja Bonmann, Jakob Halfmann, and Natalie Korobzow analyzed
Approximately 60% of the characters in the Kushan script have been decoded, and the researchers are continuing their efforts to decipher the remaining characters.
Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian.