Imagine you find a 2000 year old Copper Plate, accidently while digging in your farms and see an important looking message on it. Although you are a Samskrit Scholar, but the Lipi (Script) on it is Ancient Brahmi, and it is unknown to you, what will you do?
The invaders cut us from our roots thru three ways:
- Changing the Language, eg. Samskrit Replaced by Persian or English
- Changing the Script, e.g. Brahmi Replaced by Nastalik (Urdu/Arabian/Persian), Roman
- Changing the Names, e.g. Vitasta River by Jehlum, Askini River by Chenab, Varah Moola by Baramulla
So Learning a mother Script is Key to decoding Ancient Heritage. Today in this session we will learn Brahmi script which will take you just 30 minutes to Grasp. Brahmi Script is one of the Worlds Most Ancient Scripts and probably Mother to many Scripts World Wide, especially Devanagari, Sharda, Gurumukhi, and South Indian Scripts, Hebrew, etc, with a close relation to Indus Valley Script
By the end of this article, in 30 minutes, in 7 Steps, you will not only be able to Write your own name in Brahmi, but also able to write sentences and also decipher the above rock edicts.
1.SAMSKRIT VARNAMAALA IN BRAHMI : Read this carefully. It is very Simple.
2. WRITING A FEW WORDS IN BRAHMI
Now Notice how some Devanagari Lipi words can be easily written in Brahmi. Do Practice Each Word, as practice makes a man perfect. I have not mentioned Conjunct Varna together, but separate for Ease of understanding, and also for the reason that Ashoka’s Edicts which are most famous use less Conjunct consonants and keep each Varna Solo.
3. MAATRA WRITING IN BRAHMI :
Here I have very easily explained how MAATRA reflects on Varnas Written in Brahmi
4. PRACTICE :
Please write these Words in Brahmi before Proceeding Further. ईश्वर, पेड़ , ऊन, अंगूर, सेब, आकाश, पत्र
5. CONJUNCT CONSONANTS : संयुक्त व्यंजन
You will find it less in Ashokan Rock edicts, but more in Literary works. it is easy to understand. Halant Consonant Rides over the Complete Consonant
6. OVERLAPPING VARNAS WRITING STYLE :
It will look more like hieroglyphics or chinese when you see these Overlapping Varnas, but this is also a style of writing Brahmi
7. VARIANTS IN BRAHMI VARNA STYLES
Some places you might find variations in Brahmi Writing Styles. Some important Variations mentioned below.
Hope by now, you are now not only confident to write your own name in Brahmi, but write sentences and also decipher the above rock edicts. Mention in the comments.
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