Gupta
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gupta script, Gupta Brahmi script, Late Brahmi
former Brahmic abugida used for writing the Sanskrit language
Key facts
- Script type
- Abugida
- Period
- c. 4th –6th century CE
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Languages
- Sanskrit , Tibetan
- Parent systems
- Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic (debated) Brahmi Northern Brahmi Gupta script, (Late Brahmi script)
- Child systems
- Sharada Siddham Meitei Tibetan Kalinga Bhaiksuki
- Sister systems
- Pallava script , Kadamba script , Tocharian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unicase alphabet
- Based on
- Brahmi
- Image
- Kushan signet in Gupta Brahmi script 3rd century CE.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gupta script
- time period
- Gupta Empire
- facet of
- Sanskrit
- inception
- 0400-00-00
- end time
- 0800-00-00
- language of work or name
- Sanskrit
- replaced by
- Bhaiksuki
- start time
- 0400-00-00
- replaces
- Brahmi
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Encyclopedic overview
The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi script or Late Brahmi script) was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with the Gupta Empire of the Indian subcontinent, which was a period of material prosperity and great religious and scientific developments. The Gupta script was descended from Brāhmī and gave rise to the Śāradā and Siddhaṃ scripts. These scripts in turn gave rise to many of the most important Indic scripts, including Devanāgarī (the most common script used for writing Sanskrit since the 19th century), the Gurmukhī script for Punjabi, the Odia script, the Bengali-Assamese script and the Tibetan script.
Origins and classification
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gupta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.