The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.t1.11
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.t1.11
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The prevalent belief that Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions do not occur in India after the 3rd century A.D. must now be modified. Sir John Marshall in a letter dated 14 Oct. 1920 writes: 'Recent discoveries at Jaulian (Taxila) make it certain that Kharoṣṭhī was in use there until at least the middle of the 5th century A.D.' (*v. sup.*, p. 62). For the Kharoṣṭhī alphabet in Chinese Turkestān see Rapson in Trans. Inter. Or. Cong., Algiers, 1905 (i, pp. 210 ff.) and Boyer, Rapson, and Senart, Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions, i. Oxford, 1920.