On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c5.84
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c5.84
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c5.84
Some further valuable information regarding writing and especially regarding the ancient alphabets, is furnished by the works of the Northern Buddhists, by the Jaina scriptures and by some metrical Smṛtis. In the account of prince Siddhārtha’s first visit to the writing-school, extracted by Professor Terrien de la Couperie from the Chinese translation of the Lalitavistara of 308 A. D. (see above p. 1