Proto-Sharada script is the earliest form of the Sharada script, which was used in medieval Kashmir to write Sanskrit and Kashmiri. The Proto-Sharada script is attested in a few manuscripts and inscriptions from northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the first millennium CE.

Published November 10, 2022

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