# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asko-parpola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:49:39.946Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/asko-parpola"
name: "Asko Parpola"
slug: "asko-parpola"
description: "Asko Heikki Siegfried Parpola is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of Indology at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in the Indus Valley Civilization, specifically the study of the Indus script."
tagline: "Finnish Indologist and Sindhologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asko_Parpola.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1941-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump