History and palæography of Mauryan Brahmi script

Upasak, C. S.

History and palæography of Mauryan Brahmi script - 2nd ed. - Nalanda Nava Nalanda Mahavihara 2002 - 274

Brahmi was the script effectively and extensively used by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka for propagating the Dhamma during the 3rd century B. C. The book gives a historical background of the Indian scripts and deals in brief about the origin and decipherment of Brahmi script, its alphabets and system of writing and the advent of Mauryan inscriptions as found in different parts of India.

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Brahmi alphabet
Inscriptions, Prakrit
Paleography, Indo-Aryan

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