Brahmi script

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abugida historical script writing system

The Brahmi script is one of the oldest writing systems of the Indian subcontinent, serving as the ancestor of most modern South and Southeast Asian scripts.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Brahmi script canonical	72
Brāhmī script	3
Bhattiprolu script	2
Gupta script	2
Ancient Indian Brahmi script	1
Brahmi numerals	1
Brāhmī script (historically)	1
Central Asian Brahmi	1
Northern Brahmi	1
Sinhala script	1
Southern Brahmi script	1
Tumshuqese Brahmi script	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T176256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Brahmi script
Context triple: [Tocharian languages, scriptUsed, Brahmi script]

A. Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
B. Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
C. Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
D. Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
E. Balinese script
Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Brahmi script
Target entity description: The Brahmi script is one of the oldest writing systems of the Indian subcontinent, serving as the ancestor of most modern South and Southeast Asian scripts.

A. Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
B. Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
C. Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
D. Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
E. Balinese script
Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abugida ⓘ historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
dateOfFirstAttestation	3rd century BCE ⓘ reign of Ashoka ⓘ
directionOfWriting	left-to-right ⓘ
hasConsonantClustersRepresentation	conjunct consonants ⓘ
hasDescendant	Balinese script ⓘ Baybayin ⓘ Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ linked to: Bengali script Burmese script ⓘ Cham script ⓘ Devanagari ⓘ linked to: Devanagari script Grantha script ⓘ Gujarati script ⓘ Gurmukhi script ⓘ linked to: Gurmukhi Javanese script ⓘ Kannada script ⓘ Kharosthi-derived scripts ⓘ Khmer script ⓘ Lao script ⓘ Lontara script ⓘ Malayalam script ⓘ Newa script ⓘ Odia script ⓘ Sharada script ⓘ Siddham script ⓘ Sinhala script ⓘ Tamil script ⓘ Telugu script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ Tibetan script ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	development of Indic numerals ⓘ
hasVowelNotation	inherent vowel ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ
historicalStatus	extinct as a living script ⓘ
ISO15924Code	Brah ⓘ
region	Indian subcontinent ⓘ linked to: South Asia
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock	Brahmi (U+11000–U+1107F) ⓘ
usedFor	Prakrit languages ⓘ linked to: Prakrit Sanskrit ⓘ early Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn	Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ pillar edicts of Ashoka ⓘ linked to: Ashokan inscriptions rock edicts of Ashoka ⓘ linked to: Ashokan inscriptions
writingDirectionCategory	horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemClass	alpha-syllabary ⓘ
writingSystemFamilyRole	ancestor of most modern South Asian scripts ⓘ ancestor of most modern Southeast Asian scripts ⓘ
writingSystemType	abugida ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (87)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tocharian languages → scriptUsed → Brahmi script ⓘ

Tocharian languages → scriptUsed → Central Asian Brahmi ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Sanskrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Telugu → hasScriptDerivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Devanagari script → derivedFrom → Gupta script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Tamil → hasScriptOrigin → Brahmi script ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → writingSystem → Sinhala script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Maharashtri Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Sharada script → derivedFrom → Gupta script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Lion Capital of Ashoka → inscriptionLanguage → Brahmi script ⓘ

Grantha script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Maurya Empire → script → Brahmi script ⓘ

Kannada script → derivedFrom → Bhattiprolu script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Kannada script → evolvedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Kannada script → evolvedFrom → Southern Brahmi script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Telugu script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Telugu script → derivedFrom → Bhattiprolu script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Gupta Empire → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Magadhi Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Odia script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Brahmic scripts → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Brahmic scripts → relatedTo → Brahmi script ⓘ

Malayalam script → hasParentSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Middle Indo-Aryan → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Kadamba script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Kushan Empire → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Sinhalese people → scriptOrigin → Brahmi script ⓘ

Sinhala script → developedFrom → Ancient Indian Brahmi script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Shauraseni Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Pallava script → follows → Brahmi script ⓘ

Tibetan script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Rencong script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Javanese script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Satavahana dynasty → scriptUsed → Brahmi script ⓘ

Ashokan inscriptions → script → Brahmi script ⓘ

Saka languages → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Saka → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Kingdom of Khotan → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Thai script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Old Indo-Aryan → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Old Turkic language → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Aṣṭādhyāyī → writingSystem → Brāhmī script (historically) ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Kharoṣṭhī script → replacedBy → Brāhmī script ⓘ

linked to: Brahmi script

Ashoka → inscriptionsScript → Brahmi script ⓘ

Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath → inscriptionScript → Brahmi script ⓘ

Siddham script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ

Middle Iranian languages → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ

Mathura school of art → scriptUsedOnInscriptions → Brahmi script ⓘ

Gupta script → follows → Brahmi script ⓘ

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