Dear Konrad,

I would also like to know the references for your reply. Thanks.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Piya Tan wrote:

Could I have some sort of documented study in the statement tha Brahmi
goes back to the Buddha's time and related matters?



> The alphabets of India, Burma, Tailand, Sri Lanka,
> Cambodia, Tibet, etc. (most south-east Asian alphabets)
> all derive from Brahmi, which makes it the ideal alphabet
> for writing Pali, in my opinion, not to mention that Buddha
> himself would almost certainly have understood it. Anyway,
> that's my brief input on the script-issue.