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Brahmi

Brahmi refers to the pre-modern members of the Brahmic family of scripts. The earliest inscriptions in this script have been found in Sri Lanka dating back to 600-500 BC. More profuse inscriptions in Brahmi are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka, circa third century BCE. The Brahmi script appears to be derived from the earlier Indus script of the third millennium BC.

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