Re: Question on scripts - brahmi, devanagari

Ong Yong Peng,

Here is a web link to a short article on the development of the modern Devanagari script from Brahmi script, including some illustrations, that I hope you find helpful. Here is the link:

http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/script_dev.php

Either click on the link above or copy and paste it to your browser and enjoy.

With metta,

Geoff Morrison

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Ong Yong Peng <palismith@...> wrote:
From: Ong Yong Peng <palismith@...>
Subject: [Pali] Question on scripts - brahmi, devanagari
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 5:25 AM












Dear friends,



it just so happened that I am doing a little research on the Brahmi

script (nothing academic, just for some art work), and we just have

this question on Burmese Tamarind Seed script, and another question

just occurs to me.



Can someone briefly explain how the Brahmi script developed into the

cursive and sophisticated Devanagari script, what were the influencing

factors, and what were the major successive descendants from Brahmi to

Devanagari.



Thank you.



metta,

Yong Peng.




























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