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Va Phala
Va or Wa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Va is derived from the early " Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . It is generally romanized as "Va" in scripts for Indic languages, but as "Wa" in many scripts for other language families. Āryabhaṭa numeration Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of व are: *व = 60 (६०) *वि = 6,000 (६ ०००) *वु = 600,000 (६ ०० ०००) *वृ = 60,000,000 (६ ०० ०० ०००) *वॢ = 6 (६×१०९) *वे = 6 (६×१०११) *वै = 6 (६×१०१३) *वो = 6 (६×१०१५) *वौ = 6 (६×१०१७) Historic Va There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called ''slanting Brahmi''. Va as found in standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashoka
Ashoka (, ; also ''Asoka''; 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third emperor of the Maurya Empire of Indian subcontinent during to 232 BCE. His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east, with its capital at Pataliputra. A patron of Buddhism, he is credited with playing an important role in the spread of Buddhism across ancient Asia. Much of the information about Ashoka comes from his Brahmi edicts, which are among the earliest long inscriptions of ancient India, and the Buddhist legends written centuries after his death. Ashoka was son of Bindusara, and a grandson of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta. During his father's reign, he served as the governor of Ujjain in central India. According to some Buddhist legends, he also suppressed a revolt in Takshashila as a prince, and after his father's death, killed his brothers to ascend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vai
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Ve
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vrr
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vr
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vuu
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vu
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vii
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vi
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocharian Letter Vaa
Tocharian may refer to: * Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia * Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people * Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people * Tocharian script The Tocharian script, also known as Central Asian slanting Gupta script or North Turkestan Brāhmī, is an abugida which uses a system of diacritical marks to associate vowels with consonant symbols. Part of the Brahmic scripts, it is a version ..., the script used to write the Tocharian languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gupta Gujarat V
Gupta () is a common surname or last name of Indian origin. It is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ ''goptṛ'', which means 'guardian' or 'protector'. According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname ''Gupta'' was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times. In Bengal The Rāmpāl plate of Srichandra mentions a line of Brahmins who had Gupta as their surname. In Bengal region, the surname is found among Baidyas (mainly) as well as Kayasthas. In Northern India The Gupta surname is also used by Banias and Jains in the northern part of India. Notables Monarchs * Gupta (king), founder of the Gupta dynasty * Ghatotkacha (king) * Chandragupta I * Samudragupta *Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya * Kumaragupta I * Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor * Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire) * Budhagupta Academic * Akhil Gupta (born 1959), professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
