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Indian languages sites
Indian Languages History and literature
Languages taught in North America: Institutions TIFR Languages Site
Nepali, Sindhi: sindhi.org, Sinhala Language 1, 325 dialects of India, Indian language Newspapers.


Brahmi script: Historical Developments
Evolution of Indian scripts
Evolution of SE Asian scripts
Diffusion of Indian Scripts in Asia
Indian language alphabet comparison
Brahmi descended scripts
Historical classification of Brahmi derived scripts (German)
Descent of Myanmar (Burma) script from Brahmi, Chart
Thai
Laguna Copperplate, Philippines 900AD, Javanese alphabet, Indian influence in Indonesia
Korean script Controversy about invention
Ancient Texts in Tamil
Excavations at Anuradhapura
Earliest surviving Buddhist texts
Katakana and Siddham
Evolution of Bengali, Mahasthangarh
Piparawa casket
Descent of Sinhal script from Brahmi, Modern Brahmi derived scripts comparision chart
Maldive script
Sharada Script: Development, Notes on Paippalada Atharvaveda & Sharda script
Fonts Brahmi, Kharoshti,diacritics in html
Indian numerals in Arabia
Tocharian, manuscript images, 6-8th cent., Kumarajiva, Serindia, a eurocentric view
Ranjana script of Nepal/Tibet
Mongolian scripts origin, Paspa script on Kubilai Khan's passports Soyombo Alphabet
Theories on origin of Brahmi: Salomon, Kak (to come)
Grantha script of South India
Tibetan Script
Khojki script, Modi (Marathi) script
Enhancement of noisy epigraphics images
Ancient Scripts of the World


Manuscripts: images
Oldest Buddhist bhurjapatra text (1st cent CE)
Conservation: 5th century Gandharan Manuscript
Songs of Lake Anavatapta British Library Kharosthi manuscripts Palm leaf manuscript
Cave of Manuscripts, Central Asia, Tocharian
Vajracchedika-prajnaparamita-sutra (Diamond Sutra, CE 868)
Sangrahani-sutra manuscript 16th C.
Isa Upanishad manuscript text
Harwan terracotta with Kharoshthi numerals: 20, 20, 1 = 41

An Avestan text with sanskrit Patanjali's Yogasutra, text, commentaries, translation
Kalpasutra 15th c
Bilva-mangala 1725AD 1 2
Illustrated manuscript (?)18th cent.
Basavapurana manuscript in Kannada, 1432 A.D
Raga/Ragini Hindola Nata, Kedarau
Tamil palm-leaf manuscripts at Institute of Asian Studies
Janam sakhi manuscript in Gurumukhi, 19th c.
Kalkacharya-Katha manuscript 15th c.
Abhisarika
Princely States Cout Documents Udaipur, Indragarh, Bundi.
Ratrisukta from Rgveda, undated
Brhadaranyakopanisad, 1789 CE trans
Bhagavata-purana, 1560
Ashoka's First Rock Edict prohibiting killing of animals (Translation)
Jayadeva Goswami's Gita Govinda
Hayagrvavidya in Gilgit script
Jivarama's sketchbook, 1435
Jaya Varma inscription, samvata 107
Manuscript covers
Tipitaka being written on palm leaves
Anawratha of Pagan conveying the Buddhist scriptures
Palm leaf manuscripts
Manuscript cover with scenes Shakuntala Nepal
Shrimad Bhagavatam1617 A.D
Sat Sandarbha1517 A.D
Mewari Gita-govinda 1714 AD
Kushana Bronze reliquary with kharoshthi inscription
Coins of various Dynasties, Coins of Ancient India, Ancient Indian coins, Jean-Michel Dumont's Indian Numismatic, Sri Lanka coins,
Chaurapanchaashika manuscript of 16th cent
The epic of Pabuji
Lama writing the Prajnaparamita
Karakorum Highway Rock inscriptions
Letters of Rani of Jhansi to the Raja of Banpur


Calligraphy, Bijaksharas and Yantras
Om:, animated , on lotus, in tibetan, as Ganesha, Om page In Jainism Ik Onkar (Gurumukhi) AUM: Vaishnava Lockerbie Memorial
Bijaksharas kliim, ham, hriim, hri, Om-Arham, Om-Arham, Note on Bija-Aksharas
The Religious World of Letterforms
Sri Rama
Bildwerdung durch Wandlung
Jayadeva's Siddham Site
Bijaksharas in Siddham, yantra, yantra, Hrih yantra
"A" in Siddham Kalachakra, Wind Horse Prayer Flag Om mani padme hum meaning, Dalai Lama's note, flags in the wind , in Siddham, , in Ranjana, , Namche Bazaar, yantra, rotating, Prayer Banner, Prayer wheel, An explanation
Swastika: Anuradhapur2nd c. ,
Bijaksharas in Siddham script (China/Japan)
Bijaksharas: Thirteen Buddhas of the Shingon School
Swastika, in Buddhism
Yantras: Shriyantra, Mrityunjaya, How to draw Shri Yantra (.ps) Vishuddha Chakra Bhaktamara yantra
The Joy Of Sanskrit (illustration)
Turn of the century postcards
Calligraphy by Prof. Joshi, Calligraphic research
Diwali Greetings 1, 2, 3,
"Cool" commercial calligraphy
"Jesus Lived in India"Hindi-style English Calligraphy
Hindi-style English Calligraphy Mantra
Hindi Tattos by Anil Gupta
Saraswati Cover: BalaGandharva


Classical languages and texts
Pre-Islamic Indus Valley Languages, Chart;
Indus Script How Old Is Indian Writing? Harappan sites, Objects, Vedic Glossary on Indus Seals
Sanskrit: Texts, Dictionaries
Avesta texts, Avesta Dictionary, Avestan cognates and mnemonics
Zoroastrian terms
Sanskrit Resources, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Mahabharata trans.
Vedas, Shatapatha-Brahmana
Garin-Michaud Roger's bibliography
Sanskrit MSS in the Wellcome Institute
Notes on Amarkosha and Panini (German) Panini & BNF
Indo-European Linguistics
Sanskrit texts in .dp format
The Relation between Sanskrit and Indian Conceptions of Time
Kyoto Sangyo University Sanskrit Texts, Pali texts
Pali dictionary, Grammar and Lessons.
For Chinese: Sanskrit and Pali instruction,
Under construction
Austric
Tamil texts, Tamil Literature
Jambudvipa.
Indian Archaeology
Panchanga software Radiocarbon dating
Indian-Western date conversion utility?

Chronologies: Alok Vijay, Evansville, Kashmir, Hinduism Today, Islamic, askasia, Itihas, Kamat Timeline
Rulers of Rajsthan, Mewar Ency,Kashmir, Dyansties, Comparative timelines of India, China & Japan
References, Texts Transliteration tables(German)



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Indology Web Site
Indian Embassy, Nepal
Microsoft Typography
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