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    the uncommon Unicode characters in this article correctly. The Kharoṣṭhī script (Kharosthi: 𐨑𐨪𐨆𐨮𐨿𐨛𐨁𐨌, also spelled Kharoshthi), also known as the...
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    written in the Gāndhārī language using the Kharoṣṭhī script and are therefore sometimes also called the Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts. The collection is composed...
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    1 and Kharoṣṭhi at number 4, but also Javanaliya (probably Greek) and others not found in the Buddhist lists. While the contemporary Kharoṣṭhī script...
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    According to some authors, the word lipi, which is spelled dipi in the two Kharosthi versions of the rock edicts, comes from the Old Persian prototype dipi...
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    and the multilingual ʼPhags-pa script. The Kharosthi script, also spelled Kharoshthi or Kharoṣṭhī (Kharosthi: 𐨑𐨪𐨆𐨯𐨠𐨁) was an ancient script used...
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    influence of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean and for its use of the Kharoṣṭhī script, compared to Brahmic scripts used by other Prakrits. Gāndhārī is...
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    oldest inscriptions, 4 looks like a +, reminiscent of the X of neighboring Kharoṣṭhī, and perhaps a representation of 4 lines or 4 directions. However, the...
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    the Common Era. They replaced the earlier Kharosthi numerals used since the 4th century BC. Brahmi and Kharosthi numerals were used alongside one another...
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  • visiting the region. Gāndhārī, an Indo-Aryan language written in the Kharosthi script, acted as the lingua franca of the region though through Buddhism...
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    club in his two hands. The artwork also has an inscription with it in Kharosthi script, which has been deciphered by scholars as Rama-Krsna, and interpreted...
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    Imperial Aramaic Inscriptional Pahlavi Inscriptional Parthian Kaithi Kawi Kharosthi Khitan small script Khojki Khudawadi Khwarezmian (Chorasmian) Linear A...
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    rock-inscriptions that are cut into two large rock boulders and written in the Kharosthi script. They retain immense historical importance, as they appear to be...
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  • letter shapes did not become standard until the 1st century CE). The Kharosthi script is an Aramaic-derived alphasyllabary used in the Indo-Greek Kingdom...
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    Asiatic Society of Bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts of ancient India. He studied, documented and illustrated...
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  • conquest of Afghanistan.[citation needed] Among these scripts are Sharada, Kharosthi, Greek (for the Bactrian language), and Brāhmī[citation needed]. For thousands...
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  • three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. A as found in standard...
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    King Ashoka in the nearby Shahbaz Garhi, written in the right-to-left Kharosthi script, date from the Mauryan period (mid-200s BCE) and represent the...
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    BCE Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BCE Samaritan 6th c. BCE Aramaic 8th c. BCE Kharosthi 3rd c. BCE Brahmi 3rd c. BCE Brahmic family Pallava 4th century Cham 4th...
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    ancestor of all Brahmic scripts Spread of Brahmic family of scripts (and Kharosthi) from India Some characteristics, which are present in most but not all...
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    Gāndhāra has come to be called Gāndhārī. A few documents are written in the Kharoṣṭhi script survive including a version of the Dhammapada. The Prakrits (which...
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    Pahlavi or Sogdian alphabets, as suggested by V. Thomsen, or possibly via Kharosthi (cf., Issyk inscription). Brahmi script was also possibly derived or inspired...
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  • systems Nabataean Syriac Palmyrene Edessan Hatran Elymaic Mandaic Pahlavi Kharosthi ISO 15924 ISO 15924 Hebr (125), ​Hebrew Unicode Unicode alias Hebrew Unicode...
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    neighbouring territory, such as Kosala or Panchala. Mason's marks in Kharosthi have been found on several elements of the Bharhut remains, indicating...
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  • Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (in Kharosthi script) Mansehra Rock Edicts, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan (in Kharosthi script) Kalsi, near Chakrata...
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  • scripts, a family of scripts used to write Indian and other Asian languages Kharosthi (extinct) Indian numerals Indian religions, also known as the Dharmic...
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    BCE Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BCE Samaritan 6th c. BCE Aramaic 8th c. BCE Kharosthi 3rd c. BCE Brahmi 3rd c. BCE Brahmic family Pallava 4th century Cham 4th...
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    BCE Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BCE Samaritan 6th c. BCE Aramaic 8th c. BCE Kharosthi 3rd c. BCE Brahmi 3rd c. BCE Brahmic family Pallava 4th century Cham 4th...
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  • three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Ṛ was not found in early...
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    the Kharoṣṭhī and Brāhmī scripts; the abjad in question is usually considered to be the Aramaic one, but while the link between Aramaic and Kharosthi is...
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    enlightenment. Strauch, Ingo (2008). The Bajaur collection: A new collection of Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts – A preliminary catalogue and survey Strauch, Ingo (2010)...
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