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Kharoshthi

 Type(s): Abugida

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  • Kharoshthi

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Internal Occurrences (2)

  • Description
    • The oldest Indian script, excepting the Indus script; almost certainly derived from Aramaic. It was developed in much the same way as Greek: in adapting an abjad to a non-Semitic language, a mechanism to indicate vowels was added. In Greek separate vowel symbols were added, but in Kharoshthi vowels are indicated through systematic modifications to the consonant symbols.
  • In use
    • 500 B.C.E. - 300 C.E.

External Occurrences (2)

  
Object id: 1061
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