It is one of the earliest Southern scripts to originate from Brahmi. Oriya language presently uses a different script, which has been derived from Bengali script. It is visually close to the original Brahmi. Kalinga was the ancient name of Odisha and this script was used to write an ancient form of Oriya. It gave rise to the Nagari, Sarada and Siddham scripts which in turn gave rise to the most important scripts of India such as Devanagari, Bengali etc. It was used for writing Sanskrit in the Gupta period.

It is also known as the Late Brahmi script.

Its inscriptions have been found in the form of Buddhist Texts from present clay Afghanistan and Pakistan.ĭo you know that how Indian Art of Miniature Painting evolves? It was used in the Gandhara culture of North-Western India and is sometimes also called the Gandhari Script. It is the sister script and contemporary of Brahmi. Its best examples are found in the rock-cut edicts of Asoka. It was deciphered in 1937 by James Princep. It developed into two broad types in Northern and Southern India, in the Northern one being more angular and the Southern one being more circular. This script is an example of Boustrophedon style as in one line it is written from left to right while in others it is written from right to left.īrahmi is the originator of most of the present Indian scripts, including Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, and Malayalam etc. Some people have argued that this script was the predecessor of the Brahmi script.

It refers to the script used by the people belonging to the Indus valley civilisation. In India, majority of languages are written in Brahmi-derived scripts such, as Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Odia, Eastern Nagari - Assamese/Bengali, etc., except Urdu which is written in a script from Arabic, and Santhali use independent scripts. These stories are related to the gods and goddess, culture, and stories about India. But, it’s very important to understand it because it can teach important stories that were written in these languages that no one tells anymore.

Not many people know these languages anymore. There are many languages in the Ancient Indian scripts, such as Sanskrit, Pali, and Hindi.

Sanskrit letter with bengali