Prakrit
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Prakrit is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually app
Word for "Prakrit" (here Prā-kṛ-te) in Gupta script (a.k.a. Late Brahmi script) in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana, 532 CE
The Sūryaprajñaptisūtra, an astronomical work written in Jain Prakrit language (in Devanagari book script), c. 1500
Brahmi script
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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
Prakrit
…Prakrit Language codes ISO 639-2 / 5 pra Glottolog midd1350 Late Middle Indo-Aryan Word for "Prakrit" (here Prā-kṛ-te) in Gupta script (a.k.a. Late Brahmi script) in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana, 532 CE Prakrit ( PRAH-krit) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan…
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.