In his book Buddhist India Rhys Davids traces the history of writing in India where Buddhism was born. Explaining the ...

As to the strange pictographs which do duty for letters, three points are worthy ... writing is totally distinct from the early Brahmi script which the Emperor Asoka employed throughout the ...

The inscription, written in Brahmi script and identifying Ashoka as ‘Devanampriya Ashoka', was discovered by researcher Beadon in 1915 on a hill 2km from the town. Mahanthesh Maski, a prominent ...

As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...

The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views. Letters should be brief and become the property of The Times. They may be edited and republished in any format. Each must include a valid ...

One viewpoint is that the script came directly from Brahmi due to the latter’s decline ... script required lifting the pen to write letters and draw horizontal and vertical lines and was ...

The stele describes feats by the Champa kings. A Champa manuscript recounting the social culture of the Cham community of the early 18th century The Eastern Cham script. Nasal consonants are shown ...