An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.5

v1.c9.s18.5

Another important unifying factor was writing. The Brāhmī script [20.4.1], the earliest records of which are seen in the edicts of Aśoka, may be reasonably held to have originated a century or two earlier; it spread all over India by the 2nd century B.C..