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Someone wrote this, "Aramaic is also considered to be the most likely source of the Brahmi script, ancestor of the Brahmi family of scripts, which includes Devanagari". But how can it be true? Brahmi script is found in Indus valley. Fully mature Indus valley civilization (Harappa, Mohenjo daro) is 3500 BC old . Phoenician alphabets are 1200 BC old. Aramaic script is only 800 BC old. Some scholars believe that Brahmi script is older than Aramaic & Phoenician script and probably source of Aramaic & Phoenician script <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 08:35, 13 August 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Someone wrote this, "Aramaic is also considered to be the most likely source of the Brahmi script, ancestor of the Brahmi family of scripts, which includes Devanagari". But how can it be true? Brahmi script is found in Indus valley. Fully mature Indus valley civilization (Harappa, Mohenjo daro) is 3500 BC old . Phoenician alphabets are 1200 BC old. Aramaic script is only 800 BC old. Some scholars believe that Brahmi script is older than Aramaic & Phoenician script and probably source of Aramaic & Phoenician script <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 08:35, 13 August 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Brahmi is obviously found in the geographical Indus valley, but it's not found anywhere in Harappan archaeological contexts. Please read the article. All these things you're commenting on are addressed in the article. The idea that Brahmi is the source of Aramaic & Phoenician is a ] theory. I would assume the one you're talking about is Kak's. To put it bluntly, he's a nut. ] (]) 18:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
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Dealing with the increasingly OR-ish "Comparison of Brahmi to other scripts"
Over the years, the "Comparison of Brahmi to other scripts" table has developed a lot of bloat, mostly unsourced and mostly with material largely irrelevant to the Semitic origins section. While I have nothing against the Kannada script, it doesn't really belong there. Consequently, I have removed the table (you can still mine it out of the section below) and replaced it with a much more direct extract of the table given by Buhler, which is amply sourced, much more concise, and generally a lot clearer in its implications. Feel absolutely free to clean up the old table and put it in a more appropriate location. Tarchon (talk) 07:26, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Brahmi script is older than Aramaic & Phoenician Script
Someone wrote this, "Aramaic is also considered to be the most likely source of the Brahmi script, ancestor of the Brahmi family of scripts, which includes Devanagari". But how can it be true? Brahmi script is found in Indus valley. Fully mature Indus valley civilization (Harappa, Mohenjo daro) is 3500 BC old . Phoenician alphabets are 1200 BC old. Aramaic script is only 800 BC old. Some scholars believe that Brahmi script is older than Aramaic & Phoenician script and probably source of Aramaic & Phoenician script — Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.248.152.55 (talk) 08:35, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
Brahmi is obviously found in the geographical Indus valley, but it's not found anywhere in Harappan archaeological contexts. Please read the article. All these things you're commenting on are addressed in the article. The idea that Brahmi is the source of Aramaic & Phoenician is a WP:Fringe theory. I would assume the one you're talking about is Kak's. To put it bluntly, he's a nut. Tarchon (talk) 18:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
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