Brāhmī Script: An Invention of the Early Maurya Period

According age of Aśoka Ancient India antiquity archaeological argued art of writing Arthaśāstra Aśoka Aśokan Brahmi Aśokan edicts Atharvaveda Bhandarkar Bhattiprolu boustrophedon Brāhmaṇa Brāhmī Brahmi script Bühler Calcutta Chandragupta Maurya Chattopadhyaya Coin-Legends coins consonants culture D.C. Sircar Dani Delhi derived developed Dharmasūtras Diringer earlier early Buddhist early Maurya period engraved Epigraphical Society evidence fact Goyal Harappan Ibid Indian Palaeography Indus civilization Indus script inscriptions invented Iranian Jayaswal JRAS Kautilya Kharoshthi Kosala language later letters literary Mahāvīra medial sign Megasthenes Nearchus north-western Ojha origin of Brahmi Palaeography Pāṇini phonetic Prakrit pre-Aśokan period pre-Maurya prevalence of writing Professor prove quoted R. B. Pandey records regarded region reign of Aśoka Ṛgveda Sanskrit scholars scripts prevalent Semitic Smṛti Sohgaura Śruti Strabo stroke suggestion symbols T.P. Verma Tamil cave testimony of Megasthenes Upanishads Upasak Varanasi varṇamālā Veda Vedic age Vedic literature Vedic texts vertical Videha word writing in India written Yerragudi