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The Bhattiprolu script is a variant of the Brahmi script which has been found in old inscriptions at Bhattiprolu, a small village in the erstwhile Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the fertile Krishna River delta and the estuary region where the river meets the Bay of Bengal .
Several inscriptions were thought to be pre-Ashokan by earlier scholars; these include the Piprahwa relic casket inscription, the Badli pillar inscription, the Bhattiprolu relic casket inscription, the Sohgaura copper plate inscription, the Mahasthangarh Brahmi inscription, the Eran coin legend, the Taxila coin legends, and the inscription on ...
Has been used for writing the Sanskrit, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, and Maithili languages Newa U+11400–U+1147F 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟 Rejang: Kawi: 18th century Rejang language, mostly obsolete Rjng U+A930–U+A95F ꥆꤰ꥓ꤼꤽ ꤽꥍꤺꥏ Saurashtra: Grantha: 20th century Saurashtra language, mostly obsolete Saur U+A880–U+A8DF
The Bhattiprolu alphabet, with earliest inscriptions dating from a few decades of Ashoka's reign, is believed to have evolved from a southern variant of the Brahmi alphabet. The language used in these inscriptions, nearly all of which have been found upon Buddhist relics, is exclusively Prakrit, though Kannada and Telugu proper names have been ...
Bhattiprolu is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Bhattiprolu mandal in Tenali revenue division. [4] The Buddhist stupa in the village is one of the centrally protected monuments of national importance. [5] One of the earliest evidence of Brahmi script in South India comes from ...
Shimada suggests that much or most of the sculpture at Amaravati was created under Sada rule, before the Satavahanas took over in the 2nd century CE, [59] possibly around 100 CE. [ 60 ] At the later end of the chronology, the local Andhra Ikshvaku ruled after the Satavahanas and before the Gupta Empire , in the 3rd and early 4th centuries ...
The Telugu–Kannada script (or Kannada–Telugu script) was a writing system used in Southern India.Despite some significant differences, the scripts used for the Telugu and Kannada languages remain quite similar and highly mutually intelligible.
The Nāgarī script is the ancestor of Devanagari, Nandinagari and other variants, and was first used to write Prakrit and Sanskrit.The term is sometimes used as a synonym for Devanagari script.