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Brahmi Script

Consonants:

conjuct Consonants: Vowels:

Vowels with
consonants:

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Socurce:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmi_script
about brahmi
The Brāhmī alphabet is the ancestor of most of the 40 or so modern Indian alphabets, and
of a number of other alphabets, such as Khmer and Tibetan. It is thought to have been
modelled on the Aramaic or Phoenician alphabets, and appeared in India sometime
before 500 BC. Another theory is that Brāhmī developed from the Indus or Harappa script,
which was used in the Indus valley until about 2,000 BC.

The earliest known inscriptions in the Brāhmī alphabet are those of King Asoka (c.270-232
BC), third monarch of the Mauryan dynasty.

Brāhmī was used to write a variety of languages, including Sanskrit and Prakrit.

numerals:

Sample Text:

Transliteration:
devānaṁpiye piyadasi lājā hevaṁ āhā ye atikaṁtaṁ aṁtalaṁ lājāne husa hevaṁ ichisu
kathaṁ jane dhaṁmavaḍhiyā vāḍheya nocujane anulupāyā dhaṁmavaḍhiyā vaḍhithā etaṁ
devānaṁpiye piyadasi lājā hevaṁ āhā esame huthā atākaṁtaṁ ca aṁtalaṁ hevaṁ ichisu
lājāne katha jane

Translation:
Thus spoke king Devanampiya Piyadasi: "Kings of the olden time have gone to heaven
under these very desires. How then among mankind may religion (or growth in grace) be
increased? Yea, through the conversion of the humbly-born shall religion increase"

Socurce:
http://www.virtualvinodh.com/brahmi-lipitva/144-asokan-edict-delhi

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