Plaster cast replica
Shunga, 300 - 200 BCE
North India
National Museum, New Delhi
Details
Culture/Civilisation
India
Theme
Writing
Subtheme
India and China – Language and Society
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Measurements
H. 4.8 W. 71 (without cover)
Description
Child learning Brahmi alphabets
Curators Comments
A child is seen seated with a takhti (tablet), practising to write the alphabet of the Brahmi script. Many later scripts, some still in use such as Devanagari, trace their origin to ancient Brahmi.