Brahmi

ancient script of Central and South Asia
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Brahmi

Summary

Brahmi is a natural writing system[1]. Brahmi draws 1,255 Wikipedia views per month (natural_writing_system category, ranking #7 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brahmi's image is recorded as Brahmi pillar inscription in Sarnath.jpg[3].
  • Brahmi's image is recorded as Soghaura inscription.jpg[4].
  • Brahmi's image is recorded as Heliodorus pillar inscription.jpg[5].
  • Brahmi's image is recorded as Coinage of Chastana with reverse Brahmi legend.jpg[6].
  • Brahmi's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[7].
  • Brahmi's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[8].
  • Brahmi's instance of is recorded as abugida[9].
  • Brahmi's based on is recorded as Aramaic alphabet[10].
  • Brahmi's GND ID is recorded as 4367252-8[11].
  • Brahmi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575202[12].
  • Brahmi's Commons category is recorded as Brahmi script[13].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Prakrit[14].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Sanskrit[15].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Saka[16].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Tamil[17].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Kannada[18].
  • Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Tocharian[19].
  • Brahmi's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Brah[20].
  • Brahmi's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36324[21].
  • -0300-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brahmi[22].
  • Brahmi's end time is recorded as +0500-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Brahmi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01pvcy[24].
  • Brahmi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brahmi script[25].
  • Brahmi's location of creation is recorded as Central Asia[26].
  • Brahmi's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1221783[27].

Why It Matters

Brahmi draws 1,255 Wikipedia views per month (natural_writing_system category, ranking #7 of 38).[2] Brahmi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Brahmi is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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