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On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c8.23

On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c8.23

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c8.23

[52] (1) The oldest actually occurring signs of the alphabet to be derived (in this case the Kharoṣṭhī) have to be compared with the supposed prototypes (in this case actually occurring Aramaic signs) of the same period (in this case of ca. 500—400 B. C.).