17/02/2017
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Brahmi - Rediscovering the Lost Script (Hardcover)
by Ankita Roy (Author), et al.
A beautifully illustrated book on Brahmi, must have for every Indologist and ancient Indian coin collector, just cannot recommend this book enough, available for purchase with Shreyans Jain(Hobby and books) and with Amit Gautam(Kavisha Books)
Snippet preview of the book is available here:- https://issuu.com/kavishabooks/docs/brahmi_book_snippet
About the Book: Brahmi is probably the ancient script known to India, majorly seen during 4th - 3rd century BCE, during the reign of Asoka the great. Although the oldest pictorial writing system known to us is the Indus Valley Hieroglyphs, they cannot be considered as a true script. Recent archaeological excavations in Tamilnadu have also indicated that Brahmi had a long history before king Devanampiyadasi Asoka. "Brahmi" is the mother of almost all Indic Scripts as well as scripts of other eastern Asian countries like Sumatra, Java, Bali, China and Malaysia. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the Brahmi as a script in addition to covering all major Brahmi inscriptions found in India. This book also talks about ancient writing styles and how they further developed into various other descendants. Numerous historical tidbits have been pieced together for the sake of maintaining continuity and interest. The challenging task of translating large amount of text into visual data has also been achieved through plethora of photographs, illustrations, and chronological timelines.
