[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.c9.s18.5 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.5 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.5 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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.. - [Previous: v1.c9.s18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.4) - [Next: v1.c9.s18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.6) - [Up: v1.c9.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s18.5) · Pramāṇa