The Disappearance of Writing Systems - Perspectives on Literacy and Communication - John Baines
Whatever Happened to Kharoṣṭhī? The Fate of a Forgotten Indic Script
The Disappearance of Writing Systems - Perspectives on Literacy and Communication - John Baines
Richard Solomon
University of Washington
Description
The Kharoṣṭhī script tends to be viewed as a minor node on the family tree of Indian scripts; a sort of stepsister to the much better known and more influential complex of scripts that are conventionally grouped under the name ‘Brāhmī’.