[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904) › c3.2 # Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c3.2 Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904.c3.2) | | PAGE | | § 1 ... The Indian tradition . . . . . | 1 | | § 2 ... Literary evidence for the use of writing: — | | | A. — Brahmanical literature . . . . . | 3 | | B. — Buddhistic literature . . . . . | 4 | | C. — Foreign works . . . . . | 6 | | § 3 ... Paleographic evidence . . . . . | 6 | | § 4 ... The origin of the Brāhma alphabet . . . . . | 9 | | A. — Borrowed signs . . . . . | 12 | | B. — Derivative consonants and initial vowels . . . . . | 13 | | C. — Medial vowels and absence of vowel in ligatures: — | | | (1) — The system of the Brāhmī . . . . . | 14 | | (2) — The system of the Drāviḍī . . . . . | 15 | | § 5 ... The time and the manner of the borrowing of the Semitic alphabet ... ... | 15 | - [Previous: c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904.c3.1) - [Next: c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904.c3.3) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904.c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.buhler-1904.c3.2) · Pramāṇa