Buhler Georg

On the origin of the Indian Brāhmi alphabet; together with two appendices on the origin of the Kharoṣṭhī alphabet and of the so-called letter-numerals of the Brāhmī, with three plates/ English - 3rd editon - Varanasi Chaukhamba Sanskrit Series Office 1963 - 124 - Chaukhamba Sanskrit Studies vol 33 .

Frontmatter --
Preface to the Second Edition --
Table of Contents --
I. Former derivations of the Brāhraī lipi --
II. Literary evidence for the antiquity of writing --
III. Palaeographic evidence for the antiquity of the Brāhmī lipi --
IV. The derivation of the Brāhma letters from the most ancient North-Semitic signs --
Appendix I. The Origin of the Kharosthi Alphabet --
Appendix II. The Origin of the ancient Brahma Numerals --
Addenda --
Plates.


Brahmi alphabet
Indo-Aryan languages--Writing

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