Subject: oldest known word for a tripoint marker<br/>
Date: Mar 12, 2005 @ 00:25<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-806398982">continuing to build upon message 15582 <br/>
which lists the word for tripoint in many languages<br/>
heres a hindu archeological & philological website<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/scriptkey2.htm">http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/scriptkey2.htm</a><br/>
which indicates <br/>
about 2 thirds of the way down the page<br/>
under the boldfaced entry for the word gurji<br/>
meaning a boundary pillar <br/>
the phrase gurji tehara<br/>
meaning a boundary pillar marking the spot where the<br/>
borders of 3 villages meet<br/>
in the ancient munda or santali language of bengal &<br/>
nepal<br/>
dating from vedic aka early bronze age times <br/>
circa 3500 to 5500 years bp<br/>
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