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Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka , who used the script for imperial edicts . Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period , which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period .
From the 6th century onward, the Brahmi script diversified into numerous local variants, grouped as the Brahmic family of scripts. Dozens of modern scripts used across South and South East Asia have descended from Brahmi, making it one of the world's most influential writing traditions. [24] One survey found 198 scripts that ultimately derive ...
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Nandināgarī is a Brahmic script derived from the Nāgarī script which appeared in the 7th century AD. [2] This script and its variants were used in the central Deccan region and south India , [ 2 ] and an abundance of Sanskrit manuscripts in Nandināgarī have been discovered but remain untransliterated.
Detail of a pillar at Deogarh (Lalitpur district, Nepal ) showing Brāhmī and shell inscriptions. Shankhalipi (IAST: Śaṅkhalipi) or "conch-script" is a term used by scholars to describe presently undeciphered [1] ornate spiral characters assumed to be Brahmi derivative that resemble conch shells (or shankhas) which can tentatively be assigned a new script family.
The Rejang script is an abugida of the Brahmic family that is related to other scripts of the region, such as the Batak and Lontara scripts. Rejang is also a member of the closely related group of Ulu scripts that include the script variants of South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lembak, Lintang, Lebong, and Serawai.
Thirke is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ancient Brāhmī script. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was developed and in use during the 14th century CE in Kodagu , in present-day Karnataka .
Gurmukhi is a "Sikh-Scythic" or "Scythian" script, not Brahmic script ; Punjabi belongs to "Scytho-Punjabi" branch of the Indo-Iranian language family "users of Indian origin deceiving the public" by hiding these 'facts' . Coming to the topic, the term "Brahmic scripts" simply refers to the scripts derived from Brahmi script.