Pre-Islamic scripts in Afghanistan
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Pre-Islamic scripts in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan possesses a rich linguistic legacy of pre-Islamic scripts, which existed before being displaced by the Arabic alphabet, after the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan.
Among these scripts are Sharada, Kharosthi, Greek, and Brāhmī. For thousands of years, Afghanistan was inhabited by Indo-Aryan and Iranian peoples and thus all ancient documents, tracts, monuments and remains are of Hindu and Iranian origins. Later, Buddhism became the major force in Afghanistan and brought with it its own
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Scripts used in Afghanistan before their displacement by the Arabic alphabet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Islamic_scripts_in_Afghanistan
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2023-08-19T12:39:55Z
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