"One of the Brahmi inscriptions records that a member of the Hāritiputra lineage, likely belonging to the Chuṭu dynasty and a ...

A gold ring unearthed at the Don Yai Thong archeological site in Thailand is engraved with what experts think is Brahmi, an ...

TIRUMALA: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has agreed in principle to allot 2 acres of land to the Union Ministry of Culture for the establishment of a National Museum of Epigraphy in Tirupati ...

In the Andhra Pradesh Tiger Reserve, near Nallamala/Nagarjunakonda, the ASI has found 25 recorded inscriptions and some prehistoric paintings. These finds go back about 1400 years to the time of the ...

However, the exact origin of Brahmi is still highly debatable. The debate is between its indigenous evolution and some scholars arguing that it was derived from Aramaic or Semitic Scripts. The famous ...

On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to alter the name of the State of Kerala to “Keralam” and initiated the constitutional process required to amend the First Schedule ...

Sometimes archaeological discoveries are made that don’t make much sense or seem out of place. Often these mysteries are solved and have simple explanations. Take for example the Heliodorus pillar in ...

Islamic conquests from the eighth century replaced Brahmi-derived scripts with Perso-Arabic in Afghanistan and Pakistan, dismantling Hindu and Buddhist institutions. Colonial rule marginalised Brahmi ...