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All Indian scripts are derived from the ancient Brahmi script, which developed in northern and southern India and was deciphered in 1838. Brahmi is believed to have originated from Aramaic and possibly Indus script influences. It was a syllabic script initially used to write Prakrit and later Sanskrit as well. The main families of scripts derived from Brahmi are Devanagari used in northern India, and Dravidian scripts used in southern India such as Grantha and Vatteluttu.

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Itcs (Unit - 2)

All Indian scripts are derived from the ancient Brahmi script, which developed in northern and southern India and was deciphered in 1838. Brahmi is believed to have originated from Aramaic and possibly Indus script influences. It was a syllabic script initially used to write Prakrit and later Sanskrit as well. The main families of scripts derived from Brahmi are Devanagari used in northern India, and Dravidian scripts used in southern India such as Grantha and Vatteluttu.

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EVOLUTION OF SCRIPT AND LANGUAGES IN INDIA

 All Indian scripts are derived from Brahmi.

 There are three main families of scripts: Devanagari; Dravidian; and


Grantha.

 There are many languages in the Ancient Indian script, such as


Sanskrit, Pali, and Hindi.
BRAHMI SCRIPT

• Brahmi is the originator of most of the present Indian scripts, including Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, and
Malayalam etc.

• 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. It was deciphered in 1838 by James Prinsep. The best-known Brahmi
inscriptions are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka in north-central India, dated to 250–232 BCE.

• Many scholars support that Brahmi probably derives from Aramaic influence and others support that the Brahmi
language can have some Indus script influence.

• The Brahmi script confirms to the syllabic writing system and was used more for writing Prakrit, the language
spoken by ordinary people initially and later Sanskrit also was written in this script.

• According to the epigraphers- All Indian scripts are derived from Brahmi. There are two main families of scripts:
1. Devanagari, which is the basis of the languages of northern and western India: Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi,
Dogri, Panjabi, etc.
2. Dravidian which shows the formats of Grantha and Vatteluttu.
Evolution Of Indian Scripts From The Ancient Brahmi Script
HARAPPAN SCRIPT
VEDAS
UPANISHADS
RAMAYANA
SIGNIFICANCE OF RAMAYANA

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