Author: Upasak, C.S.
Title: History and Palaeography of Kharosti Script
Description: Varanasi, Central Institute, (2001). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xvi,159 pp, Series: Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Miscellaneous Series, XII.. Folding map.. Some rubbing. Binding corners bumped. Good. dustwrapper. ¶ Published in an edition of 550 copies. Contents: The Real Name & Origin of the Script; Important Features of Asokan Period Kharosti: Each Letter Study & Standard Form; Kharosti Legends on the Negama Coins of Taxila (3rd Century B.C.); Kharosti During Indo-Greek Period (2nd Century B.C. to 1st Century A.D.); Kharosti Script During Saka & Pahlava Period; Kharosti During Kusana Age (c. 100 A.D. to 250 A.D.).

Keywords: Kharosti Palaeography, Ancient India, Asokan Inscriptions, Ancient Epigraphy, Asoka Ashokan, India Paleography, Writing Systems, Alphabet Alphabets, History of Religion