Kalinga script
The Kalinga script is one of many descendants of the ancient Brahmi script used in what is now the modern-day region of Odisha. It was primarily used to write the Odia, in the ancient state of Kalinga. By the 12th century, this script was abandoned in favor of a Bengali-derived script.[2] In earlier forms, the script is strongly mixed with northern and central Indian script forms, while later the mixture with the Devanagari script grew stronger.[1]
| Kalinga script | |
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| Type | |
| Languages | Odia language |
Time period | c. 600 - 1100 CE[1] |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a]
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Sister systems | Gupta script |
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. | |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmic script and its descendants |
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Northern Brahmic
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Southern Brahmic
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References
- Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
- Ancient Kalinga script.
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