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2 unusual facts about Brāhmī script


Brahmi script

The earliest definite evidence of Brahmi script in South India comes from Bhattiprolu in Andhra Pradesh.

A date for Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Palani as early as the 6th century has also been claimed, but as of its 2011 announcement, Iravatham Mahadevan, "a leading authority on the Tamil-Brahmi and Indus scripts," and Dr. Y. Subbarayalu, Head of the Department of Indology at the French Institute of Pondicherry, cautioned that it was difficult to reach a conclusion on the basis of one single scientific dating.


Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts

inscription of Ashoka Brāhmī script, more impressive than the much smaller replica positioned outside the entrance of the National Museum in Delhi.

Bhattiprolu alphabet

Linguists surmise that the Mauryan Brahmi evolved in the 3rd century BCE and travelled soon after to Bhattiprolu.

Origin of hangul

If Ledyard is correct, the graphic base of hangul is part of the great family of alphabets that spread from the Phoenician alphabet, through Aramaic, Brāhmī, and Tibetan.


see also

Birch bark manuscript

The Bower Manuscript is one of the oldest Sanskrit texts on birch bark using Brāhmī script.

Korran

Inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script from the late 1st century AD bearing his name (Korra-Puman - Korra The Chieftain) were excavated on an amphora fragment at the international Roman trading port of Berenice Troglodytica in present day Egypt.