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Myanmar Alphabets & Numbers
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Myanmar script draws its source from Brahmi script which flourished in India from about 500 B.C. to over 300 AD. Myanmar script is basically similar to the Brahmi script. Both script systems are constructed with the components consisting of consonants. consonant combination symbols. vowel symbols related to the relevant consonants and diacritic marks indicating tone level (niggahita. visajjaniya).
After the dissolution of King Asoka's Maurya Kingdom. the script changed gradually. The scripts which developed after Brahmi were named after kings such as Kusana. Gupta and Nagari in the north and Pallava. Kadamba. Calukya in the south. These Indian scripts spread to Tibet. Sri Lanka. Myanmar. Thailand. Cambodia and such regions along with Indian beliefs and culture in the period A.D.. 100 to 800 A.D.
