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A #thread about some #myths of #languages and #scripts (of #India): 🧵(I wrote in Kannada earlier)
Every language including #Sanskrit comes in spoken form first & later in written form. Most languages are dated by the earliest time when a written record for them is found. 1/17
Every language including #Sanskrit comes in spoken form first & later in written form. Most languages are dated by the earliest time when a written record for them is found. 1/17
#Samskrta can be considered an exception, where we have record of the spoken word before we see its written form. This is because the #Vedas were preserved in a speech form for millennia before being written down. In case of other languages, this is not so. 2/17
For ex: First written record of #Kannada date to 2-3rd C CE. But this does not prove Kannada did'nt exist prior to 2nd CE. It is better to inferwriting was introduced/adapted to Kannada then. In fact we see how the script used to write Prakrit in as adapted to write Kannada 3/17
#prakrit One of the best books I have read in years. You can get it on @amazon luminosoa.org/site/books/10.…
This is the website of the author with a lot more information prakrit.info
It's hard to find information on this language.
If you do have anymore information than please let me know.
If you do have anymore information than please let me know.
Now, starting 2nd thread in the series of "#Sanskrit and #SilkRoute".
• Topic - Discovery of Sanskrit on Silk Route.
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• Topic - Discovery of Sanskrit on Silk Route.
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Refer the map of #SilkRoute again. Do you see Takla Makan desert, North to Tibet ?
City of Kashgar at this desert separates the route in two parts - North & South.
See that Kucha town in the North route. Next tweets are related to Kucha. So, remember it.
Refer the map of #SilkRoute again. Do you see Takla Makan desert, North to Tibet ?
City of Kashgar at this desert separates the route in two parts - North & South.
See that Kucha town in the North route. Next tweets are related to Kucha. So, remember it.
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It was 1890 CE. India was under the British rule.
Hamilton Bower is a British army officer. He is sent to Kucha (China) on a secret mission in search of a murderer.
He goes to Kucha and takes help of a local person to guide him. Local guide takes him to an old place.
It was 1890 CE. India was under the British rule.
Hamilton Bower is a British army officer. He is sent to Kucha (China) on a secret mission in search of a murderer.
He goes to Kucha and takes help of a local person to guide him. Local guide takes him to an old place.
#AncientIndianScripts
The #BrahmiScript is the earliest writing system developed in India after the #IndusScript. All modern #IndianScripts & most of the scripts found in Southeast/EastAsia are derived from Brahmi.
*Comparison of various abugidas descended from #BrahmiScript :-
The #BrahmiScript is the earliest writing system developed in India after the #IndusScript. All modern #IndianScripts & most of the scripts found in Southeast/EastAsia are derived from Brahmi.
*Comparison of various abugidas descended from #BrahmiScript :-
The Sohgaura copper plate inscription is an #IndianCopperPlateInscription written in #Prakrit in the #BrahmiScript. It was discovered in Sohgaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
#AncientIndianScripts
#AncientIndianScripts
Map showing routes of following #AncientIndianScripts of #India traveling to other parts of Asia.
#SiddhamScript
#KharosthiScript
#NepaliScript
#DevanagariScript
#GuptaScript
#KucheoScript
#TeluguScript
#KannadaScript
#TamilScript
Map reference: University of Pennsylvania.
#SiddhamScript
#KharosthiScript
#NepaliScript
#DevanagariScript
#GuptaScript
#KucheoScript
#TeluguScript
#KannadaScript
#TamilScript
Map reference: University of Pennsylvania.
