Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c7.s2.t6.60
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c7.s2.t6.60
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In ancient times, Brāhmī and its derivatives were in use over a vast area of the Indian-influenced regions of Asia, and thus came to be the parent of several important scripts of these regions. The Tibetan script is evidently derived from a form of Siddhamātṛkā of about the seventh century, adapted to the phonetic structure of the Tibetan language. According to some authorities,¹¹⁹ the Indian prototype came into Tibet through a central Asian intermediary.