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Where was the oldest script developed?
The cuneiform script, created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, ca. 3200 BC, was first. It is also the only writing system which can be traced to its earliest prehistoric origin.
Who were the first to develop the first script?
To the best of our knowledge, writing was invented independently at least three times: Sumerian cuneiform in Mesopotamia (ca. 3400 BCE), Chinese characters in China (ca. 1200 BCE) and Mayan glyphs in Mesoamerica (ca. 300 BCE).
Who developed Devanagari?
It was developed in ancient India from the 1st to the 4th century CE and was in regular use by the 7th century CE….Devanagari.
| Devanagari देवनागरी | |
|---|---|
| Sister systems | Nandinagari Kaithi Gujarati Moḍī |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Deva, 315 , Devanagari (Nagari) |
| Unicode |
Who developed scripts?
Writing – a system of graphic marks representing the units of a specific language – has been invented independently in the Near East, China and Mesoamerica. The cuneiform script, created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, ca. 3200 BC, was first.
What is the oldest writing system in India?
Brahmi (/ˈbrɑːmi/; IAST: Brāhmī, in Brahmi script: 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻 “Brā-hmī”), developed in the mid-1st millennium BCE, is the oldest known writing system of Ancient India, with the possible exception of the undeciphered Indus script.
What is the origin of the Indian script?
According to the epigraphers- All Indian scripts are derived from Brahmi. There are two main families of scripts: 1. Devanagari, which is the basis of the languages of northern and western India: Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Dogri, Panjabi, etc.
When was the first Brahmi script written?
The Brahmi script has been dated to the beginning of the 4th century BCE from sherds inscribed with the script found at Anuradhapura. Some of the earliest and best-known Brahmi inscriptions are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka in north-central India, dating to 250–232 BCE.
When was the first written language introduced in India?
The first introduction of writing to the Indian Subcontinent apart from the Bronze Age Indus script, which is undeciphered and may not be an actual script, is mostly identified as the Edicts of Ashoka from c. 250 BCE.