Brahmi is a writing system from ancient India that appeared as a fully developed script in the 3rd century BCE. Its descendants, the Brahmic scripts, continue to be used today across South and Southea
Brahmi pillar inscription in Sarnath
A later (mistaken) theory of a pictographic-acrophonic origin of the Brahmi script, on the model of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, by Alexander Cunningham in 1877.
Coin (circa 180 BCE) of Agathocles with Indian deities, in Greek and Brahmi. Obverse: With Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Basileōs Agathokleous). Reverse: With Brahmi legend:𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁂 𑀅𑀕𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀮𑀬𑁂𑀲 Rājane Agathukleyesa .
A proposed connection between the Brahmi and Indus scripts, made in the 19th century by Alexander Cunningham.
Devanagari is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. Also simply called Nāgarī, it is a left-to-right abugida, based on the ancient Brāhmī script. It is one of the official scripts of India
Brahmi script
…c. the 4th century BCE). Several divergent accounts of the origin of the name "Brahmi" appear in history. The term Brahmi (written ब्राह्मी in modern Devanagari) appears in Indian texts in different contexts. According to the rules of the Sanskrit language, it is a feminine word meaning literally "of Brahma…
The Jñānēśvarī is a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, dated to 1290 CE. It is in written in Marathi using the Devanāgarī script.
A mid-10th century Sanskrit land grant for a college, written in Devanāgarī, and discovered on a stone buried in north Karnataka. Parts of the inscription are written in Kannada script.
Devanāgarī INSCRIPT bilingual keyboard layout
Devanāgari Phonetic Keyboard Layout