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    Unicode characters in this article correctly. Brahmi (/ˈbrɑːmi/ BRAH-mee; 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻; ISO: Brāhmī) is a writing system from ancient India that appeared...
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  • Look up Brahmi or Brahmic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brahmi may refer to: Brahmi script Brahmi numerals, numerals in Brahmi Brahmic scripts, scripts...
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    order (gojūon) of Japanese kana. Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of...
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    Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamili or Damili, was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern India. It was used to write inscriptions in Old Tamil. The...
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    The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi script or Late Brahmi script) was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with the Gupta Empire...
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    Brahmi numerals are a numeral system attested in the Indian subcontinent from the 3rd century BCE. It is the direct graphic ancestor of the modern Hindu–Arabic...
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  • Brahmi Gadi Katha (transl. Brahmi's story) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Eeshwar Reddy and starring Varun Sandesh...
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    literature, consisting of over 2,000 poems. Tamil script evolved from Tamil Brahmi, and later, the vatteluttu script was used until the current script was...
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    Mohamed Brahmi (Tunisian Arabic: محمد براهمي‎; 15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013) was a Tunisian politician. Brahmi was the founder and former leader of the People's...
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  • support to display the uncommon Unicode characters in this article correctly. Brahmi is a Unicode block containing characters written in India from the 3rd century...
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    script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels...
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  • Megalithic markings, Megalithic graffiti marks, Megalithic symbols or Non-Brahmi symbols are terms used to describe markings found on mostly potsherds found...
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    Tamil-Brahmi or "Tamili script" and differs in many ways from standard Ashokan Brahmi. For example, early Tamil-Brahmi, unlike Ashokan Brahmi, had a...
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    systems, with the Brahmi topping the list and Kharotthi (Kharoshthi) listed as fourth. The Jaina text elsewhere states that the "Brahmi is written in 18 different...
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    that the Brahmi script has some connection with the Indus system. Raymond Allchin has somewhat cautiously supported the possibility of the Brahmi script...
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    Society of Bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts of ancient India. He studied, documented and illustrated many aspects...
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  • Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean from 2011, when he...
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  • Azzedine Brahmi (Arabic: عزالدين ابراهيمي) (born September 13, 1966, in Sétif) is an Algerian long-distance runner who competed mostly over 3000 metres...
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    2700–1900 BCE The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi script or Late Brahmi script) was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with...
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    independent of the system itself. The glyphs in actual use are descended from Brahmi numerals and have split into various typographical variants since the Middle...
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    The Bhattiprolu script is a variant of the Brahmi script which has been found in old inscriptions at Bhattiprolu, a small village in the erstwhile Guntur...
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    Rajaye Agathukleya (Brahmi script). Indian coinage of Agathocles. Obv Lion with Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ. Rev Lakshmi, with Brahmi legend Rajane Agathukleyasa...
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    since the 4th century CE. In India, the Pallava script evolved from Tamil-Brahmi. The Grantha script originated from the Pallava script. Pallava also spread...
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  • Indian epigraphist and civil servant, known for his decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the Indus Valley...
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    writing. Scholars such as Lallanji Gopal claim some ancient lipi such as the Brahmi script as used in the Indian texts, may have originated in Jainism. "Lipi"...
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    also called the Paderia inscription, is an inscription in the ancient Brahmi script, discovered in December 1896 on a pillar of Ashoka in Lumbini, Nepal...
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  • Said Brahmi (Arabic:سعيد براهمي; born 24 June 1995) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Al-Khor. Said has also represented Qatar National U19...
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    the oldest of the southern group of the Brahmi script. By the 5th century CE it became distinct from other Brahmi variants and was used in southern Indian...
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    to confirm that Kharoshthi was later developed from Aramaic. While the Brahmi script remained in use for centuries, Kharosthi seems to have been abandoned...
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    BCE to 232 BCE. Ashoka used the expression Dhaṃma Lipi (Prakrit in the Brahmi script: 𑀥𑀁𑀫𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺, "Inscriptions of the Dharma") to describe his own...
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