Symbol, script and writing : (from petrogram to painting and further..)
Ganguly, Subrata
Symbol, script and writing : (from petrogram to painting and further..) Book - Delhi Sharada Publishing House 2004 - 238p.
Contents Acknowledgement 13 List of figures and tables 15 Cluewoids and pagemarks 17 Preface 19 1:General view Introduction 29 Society, language and script 31 II:Historical survey of script evolution Forthcoming of scripts 35 Origin of man and script Mesopotamia Egypt North Semitic script 42 Phoenician script Development of scripts in Europe 45 Greek script The ancient Creek libraries SomeimportanlbranchesrtGreekscript49 Etruscan script Wulfila Armenian script Runic script Cyrillic script Roman script (Latin script) 52 The changing shapes of the Latin letters Latin script of Ireland Carolingain script Scripts in Iberia Gothic script Diacritic marks Invention of printing 61 Dawn of writing European languages 64 The Bible The grammar English writing German writing French writing Italian writing Spanish wilting Portuguese waiting Romanian writing Hungarian writing Czech writing Scandinavian languages and writing 74 Danish writing Norwegian writing Swedish writing Icelandic writing Finnish writing Script evolution in Middle-East Aramaic script 79 Leading branches of Aramaic script 80 Kharosft. Script Hobrvw script Arabic script Persian script Urdu script South SewttK scripts 83 Development of scripts in India 86 Writing in India Bhaarat-India-Indians Earliestest writing in India Braahmi script Ashoka's inscriptions Ancient literature The Udmfiyana and the Mahabharat Arthasastra.T North Indian scripts 93 Gupta script Kalidasa Kushafina script Development of Shiddhamaftirikaa Assamese literature Bengali literature Oriya literature Gujaraafi literature Marathi literature Punjabi literature Sonfh Indian scripts 101 Vatteluttu script Granth script Tamil script Tamil literature Telugu literature Kannada literature Malayalam script (and literature) Some variegated Indian sr.ripte 108 Sankha-Jipi Mixed-script Evolution ofjndian scripts 110 Ad vent of Roman script in India Further brandies of Biiitihmi script 113 Prakrit and Pali Singhalese script Burmese script Tibetan script Scripts in East-Asia Chinese script 115 Chinese dictionary Japanese script 120 Korean script 124 Vietnamesa script 126 Other important scripts in Asia 127 Manichaean script Uighur script Mongolian script The branches of Galika script Kalmuk script Manchu script III : Realization and manifestation in Indian scripts Phonetics 133 Indian scripts and their Roman equivalents 145 Sylltihic writing of Indian languages 148 1. Alternative figures for vowel symbols 2. A diacritic sign to represent a pure consonant 3. Ligatures 4. Some characteristic symbols (consonants) 5. Symbols for mis nil vowels Varied writing practice of some Indian languages157 1. Tamil characteristics 2. Malayal-im characteristics 3. Bengali characterises Singhalese alphabet 161 IV : Use of Computer A Warnamaalaa-keyboard 165 for writing all Indian language in Roman script V :Inference The practice of Indian Languages and scripts 173 Epilogue 176 Reflections 184 VI: India'svision 189 R.N.Tagore S,C, Bose J.L.Nehru M.A.K.Azad R.S.Bose VII: Bibliography 199 VIJ] : Directory 211 List of scripts list of languages List of geographical locations List of human groups or tribes List of names List of books, inscriptions, tokens Index 233
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Symbol, script and writing : (from petrogram to painting and further..) Book - Delhi Sharada Publishing House 2004 - 238p.
Contents Acknowledgement 13 List of figures and tables 15 Cluewoids and pagemarks 17 Preface 19 1:General view Introduction 29 Society, language and script 31 II:Historical survey of script evolution Forthcoming of scripts 35 Origin of man and script Mesopotamia Egypt North Semitic script 42 Phoenician script Development of scripts in Europe 45 Greek script The ancient Creek libraries SomeimportanlbranchesrtGreekscript49 Etruscan script Wulfila Armenian script Runic script Cyrillic script Roman script (Latin script) 52 The changing shapes of the Latin letters Latin script of Ireland Carolingain script Scripts in Iberia Gothic script Diacritic marks Invention of printing 61 Dawn of writing European languages 64 The Bible The grammar English writing German writing French writing Italian writing Spanish wilting Portuguese waiting Romanian writing Hungarian writing Czech writing Scandinavian languages and writing 74 Danish writing Norwegian writing Swedish writing Icelandic writing Finnish writing Script evolution in Middle-East Aramaic script 79 Leading branches of Aramaic script 80 Kharosft. Script Hobrvw script Arabic script Persian script Urdu script South SewttK scripts 83 Development of scripts in India 86 Writing in India Bhaarat-India-Indians Earliestest writing in India Braahmi script Ashoka's inscriptions Ancient literature The Udmfiyana and the Mahabharat Arthasastra.T North Indian scripts 93 Gupta script Kalidasa Kushafina script Development of Shiddhamaftirikaa Assamese literature Bengali literature Oriya literature Gujaraafi literature Marathi literature Punjabi literature Sonfh Indian scripts 101 Vatteluttu script Granth script Tamil script Tamil literature Telugu literature Kannada literature Malayalam script (and literature) Some variegated Indian sr.ripte 108 Sankha-Jipi Mixed-script Evolution ofjndian scripts 110 Ad vent of Roman script in India Further brandies of Biiitihmi script 113 Prakrit and Pali Singhalese script Burmese script Tibetan script Scripts in East-Asia Chinese script 115 Chinese dictionary Japanese script 120 Korean script 124 Vietnamesa script 126 Other important scripts in Asia 127 Manichaean script Uighur script Mongolian script The branches of Galika script Kalmuk script Manchu script III : Realization and manifestation in Indian scripts Phonetics 133 Indian scripts and their Roman equivalents 145 Sylltihic writing of Indian languages 148 1. Alternative figures for vowel symbols 2. A diacritic sign to represent a pure consonant 3. Ligatures 4. Some characteristic symbols (consonants) 5. Symbols for mis nil vowels Varied writing practice of some Indian languages157 1. Tamil characteristics 2. Malayal-im characteristics 3. Bengali characterises Singhalese alphabet 161 IV : Use of Computer A Warnamaalaa-keyboard 165 for writing all Indian language in Roman script V :Inference The practice of Indian Languages and scripts 173 Epilogue 176 Reflections 184 VI: India'svision 189 R.N.Tagore S,C, Bose J.L.Nehru M.A.K.Azad R.S.Bose VII: Bibliography 199 VIJ] : Directory 211 List of scripts list of languages List of geographical locations List of human groups or tribes List of names List of books, inscriptions, tokens Index 233
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