suzmccarth wrote:

> The next interesting point is that there is a theory which claims
> that Brahmi could be the invention of an individual who based
> symbols on geometric forms. Sounds like a sophisticated grammatogeny
> (?) - don't you think. I would never suggest that it was invented
> by someone who did not already know what writing was but that it was
> invented and not derived.
>
> http://www.cmi.ac.in/gift/Epigraphy/epig_invention.htm

By a similar reasoning, one could argue that the so-said Arabic digits where
derived from this basic 7-segments pattern:

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The entire pattern gives is the shape of digit 8, and all other digits were
obtained by removing one or more segments. So we have "demonstrated" that
the decimal numbering system is a sophisticated grammatogeny derived from
quartz wrist-watches...

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Marco