Brahmi: The ancient script of India Chetan Vaity Nov 2009.

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Brahmi: The ancient script of India Chetan Vaity Nov 2009

Its a script... ●... not a language – Was used to write Sanskrit as well as many of Prakrit languages ● Period from 4 th century BC to 4 th century AD ● Survives only in rock-cut inscriptions, on pottery and on copper plates ● James Princep – deciphered Brahmi (1838) – Coins of the Bactrian Greek kings – Greek on one face and Brahmi on the other

Indian Script family

The Brahmi alphabet - 1

The Brahmi alphabet - 2

Some examples

Ashokan inscriptions

Ashoka's 1 st inscription

The first line

Some more...

References ● Purabhilekha Vidya – Shobhana Gokhale ●