Development of Nagari Script

SR No.: 006800
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A K Singh
Publisher: Parimal Publication
Publication Year: 1991
Total Pages: 386
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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Gangā Valley. Nāgarī seems to have infiltrated into the Punjab in the wake of the armies of king Bhoja of Mālava and Karna of Tripurī, which came to liberate it from the Turks and reached up to Kāngadā. The first Nagari inscription in the Punjab is a Jaina record of A.D. 1240 at Baijanāth.'
Sometimes the writers and engravers were brought from the important centres. As V.B. Kolte states:
It may be that after the victory of Indra III over Kanauj and the temporary exile of king Mahīpāla, Rājasekhara had gone to the royal court of the Rāshtrakūtas and stayed with Indra III where he might have composed this panegyric.
Several important educational centres were established by the philomath kings, where people used to come from different parts of the country take education. Varanasi was one such centre which attracted students from far-off places. Mammatabhata, a native of Kashmir, had his early education at Varanasi.10
Kanauj was another great centre of learning. This centre produced several learned scholars like Rājasekhara, Kshemeśvara, Bhatta Lakshmidhara, Srīharsha & c. who served in the royal court of Kanauja.
Kashmir too was an important educational centre. 11 Students from distant places like Pāțaliputra and Bengal went there to study.
In Rajasthan, there were several educational centres like Bhinmāl, Ābū, Chitor, Ajmer, Kumāravihāra. Valabhĩ was a great and renowned centre flourishing in Kāthiāwāda. Dhāra and Māndu were the important educational centres of Madhya Pradesh. Pataliputra was the important seat of learning in Eastern India.
Different types of persons were engaged in writing works. Royal charters were generally written by the skilled hand of professional writers and engraved by artists. Public records were often written and engraved by the persons who were generally not professional or skilled writers. Due to these factors the royal inscriptions show the use of a standard form