Brahmi evolved into a multiplicity of Brahmic scripts, many of which were used to write Sanskrit. Roughly contemporary with the Brahmi, Kharosthi was used in the northwest of the subcontinent. Sometime between the fourth and eighth centuries, the Gupta script, derived from Brahmi, became prevalent. Around the eighth century, the Śāradā script evolved out of the Gupta script. The latter was displaced in its turn by Devanagari in the 11th or 12th century, with intermediary stages such as the Siddhaṃ script. In East India, the Bengali alphabet, and, later, the Odia alphabet, were used. COUNT 10
QSN1 Around what time did the Gupta script become prevalent for writing Sanskrit? ANS1 between the fourth and eighth centuries QSN2 What types of script was used to write Sanskrit in the northwest part of Indai? ANS2 Kharosthi QSN3 Which script evolved from the Gupta script in the 8th century? ANS3 Śāradā QSN4 In what time period did the Devangari script become prevalent? ANS4 11th or 12th century QSN5 Which script replaced the Gupta script? ANS5 Devanagari QSN6 What were used to write Sanskrit? ANS6 Brahmic scripts QSN7 Between the forth and eighth century, what script evolved? ANS7 Gupta QSN8 What script was used in the northwest of India? ANS8 Kharosthi QSN9 From what was Gupta derived? ANS9 Brahmi QSN10 What script evolved from the Gupta script? ANS10 Śāradā