Whatever Happened to Kharoṣṭhī? The Fate of a Forgotten Indic Script
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1. | Title | Title of document | Whatever Happened to Kharoṣṭhī? The Fate of a Forgotten Indic Script - The Disappearance of Writing Systems |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Richard Solomon; University of Washington; United States |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics; History |
4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | ancient writing; Kharoṣṭhī script; Indic script. linguistics |
5. | Subject | Subject classification | P121-149 Science of language (Linguistics); P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar |
6. | Description | Abstract | 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’. |
7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Sep-2008 |
10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
11. | Type | Type | historical and methodological study |
12. | Format | File format | |
13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/18954 |
14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.18954 |
15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Disappearance of Writing Systems |
16. | Language | English=en | en |
18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Gandhara culture; South Asia, 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE |
19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |