Brahmi

Ancient script of Central and South Asia and progenitor of the Brahmic family of scripts
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Brahmi

Summary

Brahmi is a natural writing system[1]. Brahmi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Brahmi's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[3].
  • Brahmi's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[4].
  • Brahmi's instance of is recorded as abugida[5].
  • Brahmi's based on is recorded as Aramaic alphabet[6].
  • Brahmi's Commons category is recorded as Brahmi script[7].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Prakrit[8].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Sanskrit[9].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Saka[10].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Tamil[11].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Kannada[12].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Tocharian[13].
  • 300 BC marks the founding of Brahmi[14].
  • Brahmi ended on 500[15].
  • Brahmi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brahmi script[16].
  • Brahmi's location of creation is recorded as Central Asia[17].
  • Brahmi's replaced by is recorded as Gupta[18].
  • Brahmi's replaced by is recorded as Sharada[19].
  • Brahmi's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right[20].
  • Brahmi's different from is recorded as Brahmic scripts[21].
  • Brahmi's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brahmi'}[22].
  • Brahmi's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'brahma'}[23].
  • Brahmi's derivative work is recorded as Gupta[24].
  • Brahmi's Unicode range is recorded as U+11000-1107F[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural writing system[3], unicase alphabet[4], and abugida[5].

Origins

300 BC marks the founding of Brahmi[14].

Why It Matters

Brahmi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Brahmi is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . babelstone.co.uk. babelstone.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['gLqrd', 'DFltg']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 16w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻
    Wikidata description → Ancient script of Central and South Asia and progenitor of the Brahmic family of
    Instance of → natural writing system, unicase alphabet, abugida
    Image → Brahmi pillar inscription in Sarnath.jpg, Soghaura inscription.jpg, Heliodorus pillar inscription.jpg +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P580]]: 3 BCE"
  3. 16w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Language of work or name → Prakrit, Sanskrit, Saka +3
    Based on → Aramaic alphabet
    Script directionality → left-to-right
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Coinage of Chastana with reverse Brahmi legend.jpg"
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