Brahmi
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WordNet 3.6
- n Brahmi a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed
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In literature:
It is, however, admitted that the earliest known form of the Brahmi is a script framed by Brahmans for writing Sanskrit.
"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6" by Various
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