Brahmi

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:writing_system
gptkbp:category gptkb:Brahmic_scripts
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Bengali_script
gptkb:Gurmukhi_script
gptkb:Burmese_script
gptkb:Devanagari
gptkb:Khmer_script
gptkb:Sinhala_script
gptkb:Thai_script
gptkb:Tibetan_script
gptkb:Tamil_script
gptkb:Telugu_script
gptkb:Kannada_script
gptkb:Gujarati_script
gptkb:Lao_script
unknown (possibly Proto-Sinaitic or Aramaic)
gptkbp:directionA left-to-right
gptkbp:family gptkb:Brahmic_scripts
gptkbp:firstAttested 3rd century BCE
gptkbp:hasLetter varies (typically 33 consonants, 9 vowels)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brahmi
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Grantha_script
gptkb:Kharosthi_script
gptkb:Devanagari
gptkb:Tibetan_script
Southeast Asian scripts
gptkbp:ISO15924 gptkb:Brah
gptkbp:lastAttested 5th century CE
gptkbp:notableFeature diacritics used to modify vowels
each consonant has an inherent vowel
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Edicts_of_Ashoka
gptkbp:period 3rd century BCE to 5th century CE
gptkbp:region Indian subcontinent
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kharosthi_script
gptkb:Aramaic_script
gptkb:Proto-Sinaitic_script
gptkbp:script gptkb:abugida
gptkbp:status extinct
gptkbp:unicodeBlock U+11000–U+1107F
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Pali
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Prakrit
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:South_Asia
ancient India
gptkbp:writingMaterial gptkb:stone
metal
birch bark
palm leaf
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:abugida
left-to-right
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:India_(historically)
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Vedas
gptkb:rock
gptkb:edicts_of_Ashoka
gptkb:Atharvaveda
gptkb:Buddhist_temple
gptkb:Rishabhanatha
gptkb:Sanchi_Stupa
gptkb:Indo-Iranian
gptkb:Sanskrit_literature
gptkb:Sarnath_Ashoka_Pillar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5