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Ṣa (Indic)
Ṣa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ssa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta script, Gupta letter . Āryabhaṭa numeration Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of ष are: *ष = 80 (८०) *षि = 8,000 (८ ०००) *षु = 800,000 (८ ०० ०००) *षृ = 80,000,000 (८ ०० ०० ०००) *षॢ = 8 (८×१०९) *षे = 8 (८×१०११) *षै = 8 (८×१०१३) *षो = 8 (८×१०१५) *षौ = 8 (८×१०१७) Historic Ṣa There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi script, Brahmi and its variants, Kharosthi, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian alphabet, Tocharian, the so-called ''slanting Brahmi''. Ssa as found in standard Brahmi, was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashoka
Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was List of Mauryan emperors, Emperor of Magadha from until #Death, his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty. His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east, with its capital at Pataliputra. A patron of Buddhism, he is credited with playing an important role in the spread of Buddhism across ancient Asia. The Edicts of Ashoka state that during his eighth regnal year (), he conquered Kalinga (historical region), Kalinga after a brutal war. Ashoka subsequently devoted himself to the propagation of "Ashoka's policy of Dhamma, dhamma" or righteous conduct, the major theme of the edicts. Ashoka's edicts suggest that a few years after the Kalinga War, he was gradually drawn towards Buddhism. The Buddhist legends credit Ashoka with establishing a larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edicts Of Ashoka
The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 268 BCE to 232 BCE. These inscriptions were dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and provide the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The Edicts are the earliest written and datable texts from India, and, since they were inscribed on stone, we have the added benefit of having them exactly as they were originally inscribed. Earlier texts, such as the Vedic texts, were all composed and handed down orally until later dates. Ashoka used the expression ''Dhaṃma Lipi (script), Lipi'' (Prakrit in the Brahmi script: , "Inscriptions of the Dharma") to describe his own Edicts. The edicts describe in detail Ashoka's policy of Dhamma, Ashoka's policy on dhamma, an earnest attempt to solve some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Sso
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script, the script used to write the Tocharian languages See also *Tushar (other) Tushar may refer to: Given name * Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary (born 1965), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *Tushar Gandhi (born 1960), great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and son of journalist Arun Manilal Gandhi * Tushar Imran (born 1983), crick ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
