On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c5.54
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c5.54
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c5.54
Even at first sight it seems probable that *rūpa*, *gaṇanā* and *lekhā* were the three “Rs”, or subjects taught in the elementary schools of ancient India, when the Mahāvagga was composed. This conjecture is confirmed by a remark, which king Khāravela makes about his own education in the Hāthigumphā inscription, dated in the year 165 of the Maurya era.² He says concerning himself:— **पंदरवसानि सिरिकुमारसरीरवता कीडिता कुमारकीडिका [|] ततो लेखरूपगएनाववहारविधिविसारदेन सवविजावदातेन नववसानि योवराजं पसासितं [||]**