Gandhari
E580982
Gandhari is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of northwestern South Asia, best known from Buddhist texts and inscriptions written in the Kharoṣṭhī script.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandhari canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
historical language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gandharan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrits ⓘ |
| era | ancient period ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
present-day eastern Afghanistan
ⓘ
present-day northern Pakistan ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Indo-Aryan period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Old Indo-Aryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| languageSubbranch | Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Buddhist manuscript tradition
ⓘ
Kharoṣṭhī epigraphy ⓘ |
| primarySourceType |
birch-bark manuscripts
ⓘ
coin legends ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptType | abugida ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gandhara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern South Asia ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Buddhist communities of Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | birch bark ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Kharoṣṭhī script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.