[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet # On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet (On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet) Argues that Brāhmī comes from a Semitic script, using letter comparison, early inscriptions and literary evidence for writing; also covers Kharoṣṭhī and the antiquity of writing in India. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [G. Bühler](https://indike.org/pramana/person/buhler-g) - **Extent:** 600 passages, 47,478 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 2nd rev. ed., Strassburg: Trübner 1898; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (G. Bühler †1898); published before 1931: public domain… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c1) — 2 parts - [c2 On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c2) — 8 parts - [c3 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c3) — 27 parts - [c4 Table of Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c4) — 8 parts - [c5 I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c5) — 130 parts - [c6 III](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c6) — 47 parts - [c7 IV](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c7) — 11 parts - [c8 Appendix I. The Origin of the Kharoṣṭhī Alphabet](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c8) — 74 parts - [c9 Appendix II. The Origin of the Ancient Brāhma Numerals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c9) — 12 parts - [c10 Addenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c10) — 12 parts - [c11 Comparative Table](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898.c11) — 165 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1898) · Pramāṇa