Gaudi script

The Gaudi script is the ancestor of Bengali alphabet. It was first used to write Prakrit and Sanskrit.[1][2]

Gaudi script
Sample of the 12th century Tirhuta, which was thought to be given rise to by 10-14th century Gauḍi according to [Salomon 1998].
Type
Time period
c. 900-1300 CE [1]
Parent systems
Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a]
Child systems
Bengali alphabet
Sister systems
Kamarupi script, Tibetan script, Nagari script
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.

Origins

The Gaudi script appeared in ancient India as a far-eastern variant of the Siddham[1], derived from Gupta.

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See also

References
  1. Salomon, Richard (1998). Indian Epigraphy. p. 41.
  2. Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, R. Malatesha Joshi, Catherine McBride(2019), p.27, Peter T. Daniels, Indic Scripts: History, Typology, Study
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