Languages and Scripts  of India

Kashmiri
Hindi Urdu
1 2
Assamese
Punjabi
1 2
Bengali
1 2
Gujarati
1 2 3
Marathi
1 2 3 4
Oriya
Konkani
Kannada Malayalam Tamil
1 2 3
Telugu
1, 2


Indian languages sites
Languages taught in North America: Institutions TIFR Languages Site
Nepali, Sindhi: 1, 2 font, Sinhala Language 325 dialects of India.


Brahmi script: Historical Developments
Evolution of Indian scripts
Evolution of SE Asian scripts
Scripts: North Indian, South Indian, South East Asian
Historical classification of Brahmi derived scripts (German)
Descent of Myanmar (Burma) script from Brahmni, Chart
Lao script , Thai
Laguna Copperplate, Philippines 900AD, Kavi script of Indonesia Indian influence in Indonesia
Ancient Texts inTamil
Excavations at Anuradhapura
Earliest surviving Buddhist texts
Katakana and Siddham
Evolution of Bengali, Mahasthangarh
Piparawa casket
Descent of Sinhal script from Brahmi, Maldive script
Sharada Script: Development , Notes on Paippalada Atharvaveda & Sharda script
Fonts Brahmi,Kharoshti, Harappan,diacritics in html
Indian numerals in Arabia
Mongolian scripts origin, Paspa script on Kubilai Khan's passports
Theories on origin of Brahmi: Salomon, Kak (to come)
Enhancement of noisy epigraphics images
Ancient Scripts of the World


Manuscripts: images
Cave of Manuscripts, Central Asia, Tocharian
Sangrahani-sutra manuscript 16th C.
Isa Upanishad manuscript text
Patanjali's Yogasutra, text, translation
Kalpasutra 15th c
Bilva-mangala 1725AD 1 2
Illustrated manuscript (?)18th cent.
Basavapurana manuscript in Kannada, 1432 A.D
Raga/Ragini Hindola Nata, Kedarau
Janam sakhi manuscript in Gurumukhi, 19th c.
Kalkacharya-Katha manuscript 15th c.
Abhisarika
Princely States Cout Documents Udaipur, Indragarh, Bundi.
Pancharaksa, AD 1289.
Bhagavata-purana, 10th skanda, AD 1689.
Unidnentified object: Can you identify this manuscript?
Ashoka's First Rock Edict prohibiting killing of animals (Translation)

Jayadeva Goswami's Gita Govinda


Calligraphy, Bijaksharas and Yantras
Om: significance, on lotus, animated , in tibetan, as Ganesha, Om page In Jainism Ik Onkar (Gurumukhi) Lockerbie Memorial
Bijaksharas kliim, ham, hriim, Om-Arham, Om-Arham, Note on Bija-Aksharas
The Religious World of Letterforms
Mantra in Siddham and Tibetan
Om mani padme hum meaning modern , glacially-scoured rock , Namche Bazaar, yantra
Bijaksharas in Siddham script (China/Japan)
Yantras: Shriyantra, Mrityunjaya, How to draw Shri Yantra (.ps)
The Joy Of Sanskrit (illustration)


Classical languages and texts
Indo-Europeans, Chart
Pre-Islamic Indus Valley Languages, Chart; Map: Harappan sites
Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization Indus and Brahmi scripts Harappan sites Objects
Sanskrit: Directory, Texts, Dictionary Zoroastrian terms
Sanskrit Resources, Epics Ramayana, Mahabharata, Gita
Sanskrit MSS in the Wellcome Institute
Notes on Amarkosha and Panini (German) Ancient Linguistics Panini & BNF
The Relation between Sanskrit and Indian Conceptions of Time
Kyoto Sangyo University Sanskrit Texts, Pali texts
For Chinese: Sanskrit and Pali instruction,
Under construction, Chinese Big-5 WWW Environment needed.
Austric in India Homepage
Tamil texts, Ancient Tamil poets
Indology Page, Discussion-List Archive, Panchanga software Radiocarbon dating
References, Texts Transliteration tables(German)



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