Gaudi script

Gaudi script
Gaudi script;
Script type	Abugida
Period	c. 900-1300 CE
Direction	Left-to-right
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a] Phoenician alphabet[a] Aramaic alphabet[a] Brahmi Gupta Siddham Gaudi script; ; ; ; ; ;
Child systems	Bengali alphabet
Sister systems	Kamarupi script, Nagari
	[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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The Gaudi script (Gāuṛi lipi) classified as Proto-Bengali script^[1]^[2] in Brahmic script family (abugida), native to Gauda Kingdom (Gāuṛ Rājya) of Gauḍa (region). Proto-Bengali script gradually developed as Bengali, Assamese, Chittagonian, Odia (Oriya) and Tirhuta script.^[1]^[3]^[4] It was first used to write Prakrit and Sanskrit.^[5]

Etymology

The Gaudi script is named after Gauda Kingdom.

The Gaudi script appeared in ancient Eastern India as a northeastern derivative of the Siddham,^[1] derived from Gupta.

Geography

Gauḍa (city) - Ancient city in India and Bangladesh.

Gauda Kingdom - Medieval kingdom.

Gauḍa (region) - Medieval Bengal, a region in Asia.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Salomon, Richard (1998). Indian Epigraphy. Oxford University Press. p. 41.
^ Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 143.
^ Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh (2003). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge language family series. London: Routledge. p. 487. ISBN 0-7007-1130-9.
^ Tripāṭhī, Kunjabihari (1962). The Evolution of Oriya Language and Script. Utkal University. p. 32. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, R. Malatesha Joshi, Catherine McBride(2019), p.27, Peter T. Daniels, Indic Scripts: History, Typology, Study