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The Śāradā, Sarada or Sharada script is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts. The script was widespread between the 8th and 12th centuries in the northwestern parts of Indian Subcontinent (in Kashmir and neighbouring areas), for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri.
The Sharda or Śāradā alphabet developed from the Brahmi script during the second half of the 8th century AD. The earliest known inscription in the Sharda alphabet dates from 774 AD and was discovered in a village called Hund in the west of Pakistan. It was used in that area until the 12th century.
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Sharada script. The Śāradā, Sarada or Sharada script is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts. The script was widespread between the 8th and 12th centuries in the northwestern parts of Indian Subcontinent (in Kashmir and northern KPK), for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri.
Śāradā script. Śāradā texts (originally developed in Kashmir, from Brahmi script) have been widely found in Afghanistan; one of them was engraved on a marble statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh that was found near Gardez. Another was inscribed on the large Uma Maheshvara from Tepe Skandar, north of Kabul.
Nov 29, 2018 · General Script, Language, and Culture Resources. Omniglot; Wikipedia; Unicode (PDF) Koshur Lessons on Spoken Kashmiri; Background on Sharada Script; Scriptsource; Devanagari – Sharada Script Translator; Learning Śāradā Lipi; Community Resources. Sharda Script Facebook; Sharda Revival Facebook; Koshur.org; Sharada Publishing House; Font ...
Mar 6, 2020 · Śāradā: Goddess, Learning, Script. On the Sanskrit manuscript culture of Kashmir. Śāradā, the name of the script that was used in Kashmir to write down Sanskrit, is also one of the names of the goddess Sarasvatī, the goddess of Arts and Letters, of Learning and of Speech.
Śāradā manuscripts are mostly either on birch-bark or on paper but Proto-Śāradā palm-leaves are preserved in Tibet. Some papers will focus on the diachronic study of Kashmirian manuscript culture and some will tackle issues raised while studying specific manuscripts for the purpose of editing texts.
