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Kharoṣṭhī



The script, also known as the Gāndhārī script, is an ancient abugida (an alphasyllabary, based on consonants with graphical variations to express their associated vowels) used by the Gandhara culture of historic northwest Indian subcontinent to write the Gāndhārī and Sanskrit languages. It was in use from the 4th century BC until it died out in its homeland around the 3rd century AD.



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