Kharoṣṭhi script (English notation)

Japanese: カローシュティー文字 - カローシュティーもじ(英語表記)Kharoṣṭhī
Kharoṣṭhi script (English notation)
One of the scripts used in ancient India. It is a syllabary consisting of 252 letters. It is a North Semitic Aramaic script used in Achaemenid Persia, and developed in northwestern India under Persian rule. The oldest surviving inscription is an inscription by King Ashoka from the 3rd century BCE. By the 3rd century, it had spread throughout East Turkistan. It was later replaced by Brahmi script, and no documents from after the 5th century have been found.

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Japanese:
古代インドで用いられた文字の一つ。音節文字で,252字から成る。アケメネス朝ペルシアで用いられた北セム系のアラム文字が,ペルシアの支配下におかれた北西インドで発達してできたもの。前3世紀のアショーカ王の碑文が現存最古のものである。3世紀までには,東トルキスタン各地に広まった。その後ブラーフミー文字に取って代られ,5世紀以後の文献は発見されていない。

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