Brahmi script (historical)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:writing_system
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Writing_systems_of_Asia gptkb:Abugidas Ancient scripts
gptkbp:characteristic	no distinction between upper and lower case consonant-vowel structure
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Bengali_script gptkb:Grantha_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 unknown (possibly Proto-Sinaitic or indigenous)
gptkbp:directionA	left-to-right
gptkbp:family	gptkb:Brahmic_scripts
gptkbp:firstAttested	3rd century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Brahmi script (historical)
gptkbp:ISO15924	gptkb:Brah
gptkbp:lastAttested	5th century CE
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Edicts_of_Ashoka
gptkbp:period	3rd century BCE to 5th century CE
gptkbp:region	gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:status	extinct
gptkbp:unicodeBlock	U+11000–U+1107F
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:Pali gptkb:Sanskrit gptkb:Tamil gptkb:Prakrit
gptkbp:usedIn	ancient India
gptkbp:writingMaterial	gptkb:stone birch bark copper plates palm leaves
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:abugida
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Telugus
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7