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Written Language

Ancient india have many different writing systems there are Harappan, Brahmi, Kharosthi.
The Brahmi and Kharosthi were developed for official and local languages. They learned literature,
mythology, history, and beliefs through Brahmi and Kharosthi languages. The First Indian script
developed in Indus Valley around 2600 BCE but till now a day still don't know what is the massage
means. The Oldest materials used to write on was palm leaves and strips of birch bark but Copper
plates used to write important documents on. A Great epics, royal inscriptions, religious texts and
administrative documents written using these languages. Writing was important but not used often
moreover they used grammar through words. some of the oldest and most sacred writing were
composed by Vyasa Krishna Dwaipayana

~2600-1900 BCE Hitherto was the writing of the time and known as the Indus Writing

~1500-0200 BCE Sanskrit was the ancient writing of the time

~1500 BCE Harappan and Indo-European Writing were the written language of the time

ANCIENT INDIAN LETTERS

BRAHMI NUMERALS (Ancient Numerals)

*Brahmi numerals were the first to be found

-preserved in Bombay and Poona

-symbols were used up until the 4th century AD

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