Indic inscriptions

Pallava script

Pallava script, Sanskrit language. Wat Maheyong inscription, Nakhon Si Thammarat, 7th century

A selection of inscriptions from early times showing Pallava and its evolution into proto-Thai and proto-Burmese. Images in chronological order. More on Flickr: Burmese or Thai inscriptions.

Post-Pallava script

Post-Pallava script, Sanskrit language. Semamuang inscription, Nakhon Si Thammarat, 775CE.

 

Old Burmese inscription

Old Burmese inscription at eastern entrance to Dhammayazika zedi, Bagan, 1196CE.

 

Old Burmese

Old Burmese inscription from Winidoe Group temples, Bagan c.1250 CE.

 

Pali inscription

Pali inscription, Old Burmese script. Shwegugyi Pahto, Bagan, 1311CE.

 

Burmese inscription

Pali inscription, Old Burmese script. Shwegugyi Pahto, Bagan, 1311CE.

 

Pali inscription

Pali inscription, Old Burmese script. Shwegugyi Pahto, Bagan, 1311CE

 

Thai Sukhothai script

Thai Sukhothai script, Thai language. Wat Pa Mamuang inscription, Ayutthaya, 1361CE.

 

Thai Sukhothai script

Thai Sukhothai script, Thai language. Pu Khun Chit Khun Chot inscription, Sukhothai, 1392CE.

 

Thai Sukhothai script

Thai Sukhothai script, Thai language. Wat Chang Lom inscription, Sukhothai, 15th century AD.

 

 

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