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Brahmi

The mother script of South and Southeast Asia, first carved in the edicts of Ashoka; nearly every Indic script descends from it.

Languages Written in This Script

Classical Ardhamagadhi and the Prakrits The language of the Jain canon and of early Indian scripture and drama, the spoken sister of Sanskrit. Indo-European Classical Old Tamil The classical language of Tamil Shaiva and Vaishnava scripture, among the oldest living literary traditions in the world. Dravidian

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