Indian Scripts and Writing Systems

Brahmi is the oldest known script in India, dating back to the 3rd century BCE.

Brahmi is the script used in the Ashokan inscriptions, which date back to the 3rd century BCE.

Kharoshthi was the script used in the Gandharan region during the Kushan period, which lasted from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE.

Gupta is the script used in the Gupta inscriptions, which date back to the 4th to 6th centuries CE.

Sharada is the script used in the Kashmir region during the medieval period, which lasted from the 8th to the 12th centuries CE.

Pallava is the script used in the Pallava inscriptions, which date back to the 4th to 9th centuries CE.

Grantha is the script used in the Chola inscriptions, which date back to the 9th to 13th centuries CE.

Telugu is the script used in the Vijayanagara inscriptions, which date back to the 14th to 16th centuries CE.

Naskh is the script used in the Mughal inscriptions, which date back to the 16th to 19th centuries CE.

Gurmukhi is the script used in the Sikh scriptures, which date back to the 16th century CE.

Modi is the script used in the Marathi inscriptions, which date back to the 17th to 19th centuries CE.

Bengali is the script used in the Bengali inscriptions, which date back to the 18th to 19th centuries CE.

Gujarati is the script used in the Gujarati inscriptions, which date back to the 18th to 19th centuries CE.

Kannada is the script used in the Kannada inscriptions, which date back to the 9th to 19th centuries CE.

Vattezhuttu is the script used in the Malayalam inscriptions, which date back to the 10th to 16th centuries CE.