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53 refers to a fragment of black and red ware flat dish inscribed in Brahmi script excavated at the earliest layer in southern town of Tissamaharama in

protected monuments of national importance. One of the earliest evidence of Brahmi script in South India comes from Bhattiprolu. The script was written on an

others such as K. Rajan see the symbols as the genesis of the later Brahmi script. Yet many others see no particular alphabetic value in them only as

rooms for meditation adjoining the chaityagriha. An inscription in Brāhmī script on one of the walls says that the Chaityagriha is dedicated with affection

substantial trade between India and Rome in spices, fabric and gold. Text used was in the Brahmi script [citation needed] of an early Prakrit language. v t e

Hunas or Huna (Middle Brahmi script: Hūṇā) was the name given by the ancient Indians to a group of Central Asian tribes who, via the Khyber Pass, entered

single report was not enough to "state scientifically that the Tamil-Brahmi script belongs to the sixth century BC". An archaeological survey team under

Vardhan commented that “we cannot state scientifically that the Tamil-Brahmi script belongs to the sixth century BC” on the basis of this report. In June

rocks, near the Alam Bridge. The inscriptions are in Kharoshti and Brahmi script, and are mostly animal carvings and Stupas. Susan E. Alcock; John Bodel;

earthenware urns. Some of these urns contained writing in Tamili (Tamil-Brahmi) script. On March 18, 2019, the report of artifact samples sent to Beta Analytic

Kharavela inscribed in or about the 1st-century BCE in Prakrit language and Brahmi script. The earliest prashastic inscription in classical Sanskrit language

texts are written in the Devanagari script, which is derived from the Brāhmī script of Ancient India. Most Urdu texts are written in the Urdu alphabet,

with inscriptions in Sanskrit written in the eastern variety of the Brahmi script. In style, language, and script, the inscription is very similar to

great sophistication". The Hindu. 13 January 2018. "Rudimentary Tamil-Brahmi script' unearthed at Adichanallur". The Hindu. 17 February 2005. Archived from

but most of those found in India are written in Prakrit, using the Brahmi script. To spread the message in the north-western of the empire, edicts were

the place he had earlier found woodslip manuscripts in Chinese and Brahmi script that had been sold to Stein at Khotan by Badruddin Khan. In 1915, while

The pillar has carvings of Parshvanatha and other tirthankars with Brahmi script. Kahaum pillar is a grey-sandstone that was erected during the reign

large cave: with hundreds of Jain beds with inscriptions carved in the Brahmi script. These are dated to 300 BCE. One of these inscriptions is stated to

back to the early 4th century BCE was found at Anuradhapura, bearing Brāhmī script (among the earliest extant examples of the script) and non-Brahmi writing

of the temple. These edicts were written in the Prakrit language and Brahmi script and one of them was used as foundation of the pedestal for the Mahakali

another source for studying the history of Tamilakam. Writings in Tamil-Brahmi script have been found in many locations in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and

south of the junction of the Gilgit River and the Indus River. It is in Brahmi script. Hinuber has published a transliteration srir daranmaharajavaisrava

Mahāvihāra, Nava Nālandā (2002). History of palæography of Mauryan Brāhmī script. Nava Nālanda Mahāvihāra. p. 6. ISBN 9788188242047. "There is evidence

reliquary stupa. The scroll is in the Sanskrit language written in the Brahmi script. The part of the scroll of historical interest reads: "In the sixty-eighth

corrupted first to "iddhannavaasah" and finally as "Sittannavasal". In the Brahmi script, the name mentioned in the inscriptions is "ChiRu-posil". The Sittanavasal

Odisha, India. These are inscribed on the walls or front of the caves in Brāhmī script and Prakrit language. They were published and deciphered by R. D. Banerji

the Babri Masjid was built over it. Ramesh believed that the Tamil-Brahmi script was pre-Asokan and that it originated as a South Indian script which

BCE), the edicts of Maurya emperor Ashoka, coins with legends in Tamil-Brahmi script, and Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions suggest the continuity of the Pandya

Coin of Damasena. The minting date, here 153 (100-50-3 in Brahmi script numerals) of the Saka era, therefore 232 CE, clearly appears behind the head of

Varalaaru, Mahadevan revealed that he started researching the Tamil-Brahmi script following a casual suggestion by Indian historian K. A. Nilakanta Sastri

cobras, attended by Lakshmi holding a lotus flower. Legend in Prakrit (Brahmi script, from left to right): Rajnah Kunindasya Amoghabhutisya maharajasya ("Great

fragment of black and red ware flat dish inscribed in Tamil in the Tamil Brahmi script was excavated at the earliest layer in the town. The large, artificial

during the festival of Shivaratri and Rathyatra. A rock inscription in Brahmi script found at the Pataleswar temple commemorates the Eastern Ganga dynasty

trying to decipher the texts. Although he could identify some as in Brāhmī script, in his first report on these collections, he wrote of others that they

originates in Sanskrit shiksha (śikṣā, Hindu phonetics and phonology), and Brāhmī script, as reflected throughout the Brahmic family of scripts. Specifically

(Magshar Sudi 6, Vikram Samvat 1974). There is an inscription in the Brahmi script of it. The foundation stone was laid in 1916 CE on land donated by Vadilal

or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within Prakrit legend in Brahmi script (from 10 o'clock): Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamnaputrasa Rajna Mahaksatrapasa

In one of them there is a shrine with Buddha images. One cave has a Brahmi script inscription. At the southern base of the rock there is a fortification

This pillar has carvings of Parshvanatha and other tirthankars with Brahmi script. There is ancient temple of god Shiva at Khukhundoo. Khukhundoo is a

mentioned in Tamil literature is also present. Cave inscriptions in Brahmi script of Chera kings in Pugalur probably one century earlier to that of the

systems used in ancient Southeast Asia were probably influenced by the Brahmi script of ancient India and originated from the Sumerian cuneiform script that

and sherds of Indian and foreign pottery. A broken rim with Tamil Brahmi script. This is the first pre-firing pottery inscription finding at Pattanam

development of local variants of Indian alphabets. Brahmic family of scripts Brāhmī script Bengali-Assamese script Kaithi Abugida List of writing systems List

believed to be from 200 BCE. Here the Namokar Mantra is written in Brahmi script. 2nd century BCE: Thiruparankundram hill in Tamil Nadu is home to ancient

the coins found in Eran with the name Dharmapala stamped on it is in Brahmi script. This copper coin is presently displayed in the British Museum, in London

fourteen Edicts of Ashoka on a large boulder. The inscriptions are in Brahmi script in a language similar to Pali and date from 250 BCE. On the same rock

Mahadevan 1930–2018 Renowned for his work on the decipherment of the Tamil-Brahmi script. He also published a corpus of the Indus script and stood by the Dravidian

The following is a list of Jain inscriptions. Goyal, S. R. (2006), Brāhmī Script: An Invention of the Early Maurya Period, Kusumanjali Book World, p. 105

Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-7748-0366-3. A Chinese text in Central Asian Brahmi script: New evidence for the pronunciation of Late Middle Chinese and Khotanese

British Museum. Size 85 cm width x 45 cm height Writing Sanskrit, Late Brahmi script Created Reign of Aditya-sena (r. c. 655-680 CE) Place Aphsad, Bihar

cobras, attended by Lakshmi holding a lotus flower. Legend in Prakrit (Brahmi script, from left to right): Rajnah Kunindasya Amogh maharajasya ("Great King

Western Satrap ruler Damasena. The minting date, here 153 (100-50-3 in Brahmi script numerals) of the Saka era, therefore 231 CE, clearly appears behind

also yielded wares with graffiti, jewelry, short sections inscribed in Brahmi script, as well as terracotta figures of mother goddess, a Naga and several

Ashoka's provincial capitals[citation needed]. His earliest rock edicts in Brahmi script and Prakrit language (3rd century BC) containing Kannada words were

Inscriptions in early Brahmi script

document from the 7th/8th century set in the Khotanese language and Brahmi script, the discovery of a very rare stone inscription in Kharoshthi from the

scripts were also found in the Pattanam excavations. The last Tamil-Brahmi script (dated to c. 2nd century AD, probably reading "a-ma-na", meaning "a

(left) and "Archer" type (right) coins Coin with the king's name in Brahmi script Silver coin in Western Satraps style (15mm, 2.1 grams.) Various gold

have lived here during that period. Cave inscriptions written in early Brahmi script and Old Sinhala Prakrit have been discovered at this site. "Protercted

Singh and Bárdi discussed the possibly of it being a version of the Brahmi script. It has been proposed that similar characters or symbols are engraved

Inscriptions of Dasaratha (grandson of Ashoka) English translation Prakrit in Brahmi script (original text of the Nagarjuni Caves) Inscription of Gopika cave: "The

Sāmrājya kā Prārambhika Itihāsa (1984). His research on the origins of the Brāhmī script during the Maurya period has been acknowledged in academic circles.

the reliefs bear mason's marks in Kharoshthi, as opposed to the local Brahmi script. The craftsmen were probably responsible for the foreign-looking motifs

trade with Phoenicia, Romans, Serica and Egypt. Inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script from the first century BCE to the first century CE bearing his name

In one of them, there is a shrine with Buddha images. One cave has a Brahmi script inscription. At the southern base of the rock, there is a fortification

USA in 1970 a potsherd having lithic inscription of a few letters in Brahmi script was discovered and tagged as KTD14.....The potsherd being the only oldest

enlightenment, preaching and nirvana (salvation) of Buddha. Inscriptions in the Brahmi script contain names of those who gave grants to sangharama, stupas and viharas

was discovered while clearing the debris around the temple. 2003 – Brahmi script royal seal of Sri Lankan king Dutthagamani (101-77 BCE) was discovered

Tai ... Tai groups have got almost a similar script derived from the Brahmi Script of India . This is known as the Tai - script . The Turung ... Das, Bhuban

details of the latest advancements made in the decipherment of the Tamil-Brahmi script by Iravatham Mahadevan. In the preface to the edition, Sastri acknowledged

epigraphy scholar KK Mishra, who discovered Prakrit inscription in Asokan-Brahmi script relating to Kathak dated to the 4th century BC.[citation needed] She

since they left mason's marks in Kharoshthi, as opposed to the local Brahmi script. This seems to imply that these foreign workers were responsible for

October 20, 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012. "Potsherd with Tamil-Brahmi script found in Oman". The Hindu. October 28, 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012

manuscripts from the Merv oasis, a collection of Jataka-type tales in the Brahmi script dated to between the 2nd and 5th centuries AD. The Kasyapaparivarta

New Interpretations. Kusumanjali Book World. Goyala, Śrīrāma (2006), Brāhmī Script: An Invention of the Early Maurya Period, Kusumanjali Book World Gupta

since the defacement is selective, it must have taken place when the Brahmi script had still not been forgotten, likely some time before the 5th century

arranged as Hanacaraka (ᬳᬦᬘᬭᬓ), is an abugida, ultimately derived from the Brāhmī script of India. The earliest known inscriptions date from the 9th century

Inscriptions of Ceylon Vol. I (3rd century BC to 1st century CE in the Early Brāhmī Script). Department of Archaeology. pp. 7, 83 & 113. ISBN 9789559159308. Raghavan

pre-common era, reflecting the Maurya architecture. Some of these have Brahmi script inscription which confirms their antiquity, but the inscriptions were

at Bharhut (The Stupa of Bharhut, Cunningham, p. 136 [1]), is in the Brahmi script and reads from left to right: "Bhadanta Mahilasa thabho dânam" "Pillar-gift

History of Odisha List of rulers of Odisha Kalinga script, derived from Brahmi script Keling Kalingga Kingdom Also known as the Routray dynasty Majumdar,

Afghanistan, but introduce for the first time an Indian script (the Brahmi script which had been in use under the Mauryan empire). The coinage depict

360). The inscription is carved in Gupta characters, also known as Brahmi script, on the pedestal of a statue of King Jayavarman. It was unearthed at

and about one hundred manuscripts, mostly fragments written in the Brahmi script. During his second expedition Oldenburg surveyed the Mogao Caves at

archeological inscriptions on Ashokan edicts written in Pali language and using brahmi script. They are also known from the literary sources like Sanskrit literature

dating to 250–232 BCE. This has been proven by the inscriptions in Brahmi script on the pillar, deciphered in 1837 by James Prinsep, an archaeologist

in Tibeto-Burmese languages. The Chakma script shows similarities to Brahmi script suggesting Chakmas may descend from the Shakya lineage. Bijak of the

river bank they unearthed two seals with inscriptions in the early Brahmi script that date back to the 3rd century and 4th century, indicating that the

3rd- or 4th-century AD inscription found in South Goa. This southern Brahmi script plate, issued from Chandrapur, grants tolls and land to Brahmins Govindswami

kingdom is debated among historians. The name 'Ko Veta' is engraved in Brahmi script on a seal buried with the skeleton and is assigned by the excavators

Delhi 1996, (Reprint. Vikas) R. A. E. Coningham.: The Origins of the Brahmi Script Reconsidered: The New Evidence from Anuradhapura, Minerva 8(2): 27–31

Common languages Aramaic Greek Pali (Kharoshthi script) Sanskrit, Prakrit (Brahmi script), Parthian Religion Buddhism Hinduism Zoroastrianism Government Monarchy

title Maharajadhiraja. Moreover, the inscriptions are in the Gupta Brahmi script of 4th-5th centuries CE, which proves that Ramagupta was a historical

century BCE - 2nd century CE). A few dozen donative inscriptions in the Brahmi script have been found at the site of Pauni, in a style similar to the inscriptions

century BCE - 2nd century CE). A few dozen donative inscriptions in the Brahmi script have been found at the site of Pauni, in a style similar to the inscriptions

which might be a transition between the Indus Valley script and Tamil Brahmi script used later. The Sangam period lasted from 3rd century BCE to 3rd century

Inscriptions of Ceylon Vol. I (3rd century BC to 1st century CE in the Early Brāhmī Script). Department of Archaeology. pp. 7, 83 & 113. ISBN 9789559159308. Fernando

reprinted 1995, pp 155–157 Gift Siromoney (1983), Origin of the Tamil-Brahmi script, Seminar on "Origin evolution and reform of the Tamil script", pp. 21–29

Halegannada ( Proto-Kannada). Archaeologist M. H. Krishna found the Brahmi script in the inscription. Shifted the inscription to Archaeological Museum

He assumed that it was the ancient form of Indian script named Pre-Brahmi Script and it is the first glimpse of possible origin of the Odia language

Coins of Agathocles with Hindu deities Balarama-Samkarshana and Vasudeva-Krishna, with Greek and Brahmi script, circa 180 BCE.

Tamralipta museum as examined by Mukherjee, are inscribed in the Kharoshti Brahmi script of the early centuries of the Christian era. The vessel depicted on

formed parts of the Mourya empire as is evinced from the inscriptions, Brahmi script on a seal discovered from the ruins of Mahasthangarh in the Bogra District

of this ancient Philippine writing system which descended from the Brāhmī script are the Kawi, Baybayin, Buhid, Hanunó'o, Tagbanwa, Butuan, Kulitan and

numbers up to 1053. The form of numerals in Ashoka's inscriptions in the Brahmi script (middle of the third century BCE) involved separate signs for the numbers

Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Installed about 100 BCE, the pillar's Brahmi-script inscription states that Heliodorus is a Bhagvatena (devotee) of Vishnu

archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India, resembles early Tamil-Brahmi script, confirming it of the Neolithic period 2800 years ago. Adhichanallur

Parvati and Shiva are seated on a bull and the reverse of the coin has Brahmi script. Parvati is often present with Shiva in Saivite Hindu temples all over

earliest written script (besides the then long extinct Indus script)—the Brāhmī script—is thought to have been created no earlier than the 3rd century BC.

probably in the 1st century BCE-1st century CE. The original text is in Brahmi script. Menander may have campaigned as far as the Shunga capital Pataliputra

D. (1996). "Passage to India? Anuradhapura and the Early Use of the Brahmi Script". Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 6 (1): 73–97. doi:10.1017/S0959774300001608

both the Makasar and Lontara scripts are derived from the ancient Brahmi script of India. Like other descendants of that script, each consonant has

Prinsep, the noted philologist and Indologist who first deciphered the Brahmi script. Croxall Hall, Prinsep Blomfield, James Charles (1882). "History of

in earthenware urns. Some of these urns contained writing in Tamil Brahmi script. While some of the burial urns contained skeletons. In 2018, research

Common languages Saka, Greek, Pali (Kharoshthi script), Sanskrit, Prakrit (Brahmi script) Religion Hinduism Scythian religion Ancient Greek religion Buddhism

Jogimara cave inscription, Brahmi script, Chhattisgarh (300–160 BCE).

Sanskrit texts on paper. He identified the chronological evolution of Brahmi script, early Gupta script and a host of other scripts along with the nature

artefact, stone image of Fat Monk inscribed "Saccakaparibajaka Jina" in Brahmi script inscription comes to the date of first century AD. An ancient stone

kingdoms in the Andhra region. One of the earliest examples of the Brahmi script, from Bhattiprolu was used on an urn containing the relics of Buddha

belongs. This was before Tamil was widely written, using the Tamil-Brahmi script and dated variously from 600 BCE to 200 BCE. Although a number of authors

Yuèzhī 大月氏) and Lesser Yuezhi (Xiǎo Yuèzhī 小月氏). They introduced the Brahmi script, the Indian Prakrit language for administration, and Buddhism, playing

megalithic potteries found in the region. There are sculptures found with Brahmi script and other material remains. The place is identified in the Kasakkudi

Buddhist stupas at Pauni. A few dozen donative inscriptions in the Brahmi script have been found at the site of Pauni, in a style similar to the inscriptions

which might be a transition between the Indus Valley script and Tamil Brahmi script used later. The Sangam period lasted for about eight centuries, from

digraphisme for Cambodian inscriptions written in Khmer script and Brāhmī script. In 1971, Robèrt Lafont coined digraphie regarding the sociolinguistics

inscribed copper coins in India as evidenced by Tripuri coins in Ashokan brahmi script and various pre Satavahana coins dated 3rd-2nd century BC in Deccan

their power and influence in the Tarim Basin. There they introduced the Brahmi script, the Indian Prakrit language for administration, and Greco-Buddhist