[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c25.s4.35 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c25.s4.35 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c25.s4.35 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c25.s4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c25.s4.35) From the fall of the Mauryan empire to the middle of the 1st century A.D. the script shows four broad regional variations, e., n.-w., Deccan and s. India. From the 1st century A.D. the writing styles tended to become localized, but this was partially retarded by the use of a common language, Sanskrit, facilitating the easy movement of literates and scribes and the technical skill or styles of writing and by the growth of larger kingdoms, which had to adopt a uniform style of writing. This explains how the Kauśāmbī style of the 2nd-3rd century A.D. spread throughout the middle Ganga valley up to Bengal after its adoption by the Guptas; but in the 6th-7th centuries, with the growth of the power of Kanauj, it was replaced by another style from the w. region. - [Previous: v1.c25.s4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c25.s4.34) - [Next: v1.c25.s4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c25.s4.36) - [Up: v1.c25.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c25.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c25.s4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c25.s4.35) · Pramāṇa