Gandhari language
Ancient Indo-Aryan language of Gāndhāra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gāndhārī was an Indo-Aryan Prakrit language found mainly in texts dated between the 3rd century BCE and 4th century CE in the region of Gandhāra, located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent. The language was heavily used by the former Buddhist cultures of Central Asia and has been found as far away as eastern China, in inscriptions at Luoyang and Anyang.
Gandhari | |
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Kharosthi: 𐨒𐨢𐨪𐨁 Brahmi: 𑀕𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀻 | |
Region | Gandhāra |
Era | ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE |
Indo-European
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Kharoṣṭhī | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pgd |
pgd.html | |
Glottolog | gand1259 |
Gandhari served as an official language of the Kushan Empire and various central Asian kingdoms, including Khotan and Shanshan.[1] It appears on coins, inscriptions and texts, notably the Gandhāran Buddhist texts. It is notable among the Prakrits for having some archaic phonology, for its relative isolation and independence, for being partially within the influence of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean and for its use of the Kharoṣṭhī script, compared to Brahmic scripts used by other Prakrits.