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The earliest Indian text dividers.
Also known as: Brahmi dividers
The marks dividing text in Brāhmī inscriptions, the earliest punctuation of the Indian tradition.
Divide sections and sentences in Brāhmī inscriptions.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The direct ancestors of the daṇḍa and, through it, of the Tibetan shad and the Southeast Asian section marks — the whole punctuational family in this batch narrows to these strokes.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Simple strokes, dots and small ornamental figures set between sections of an inscribed text.