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Brāhmī has been traced back to the Phoenician type of writing represented by the inscription in which Mesha, king of Moab (c. 850, B.C.), records his successful revolt against the kingdom of Israel. It was probably brought into India through Mesopotamia, as a result of the early commerce by sea between Babylon and the ports of Western India. It is the parent of all the modern Indian alphabets.