Thirty #Tamili and #Prakrit #scripts reveal 2,000-year-old #India-#Egypt trade. Among the inscriptions found in six rock-cut tombs, 20 are in Tamili and the remaining 10 are in #Sanskrit and Prakrit, implying that people from several regions of the Indian subcontinent were visiting Egypt.

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/thirty-tamili-and-prakrit-scripts-reveal-2000-year-old-india-egypt-trade-3895134 #archaeology #archeology #egyptology #history #epigraphy #ValleyOfTheKings

Thirty Tamili and Prakrit scripts reveal 2,000-year-old India-Egypt trade

About 30 Tamili and Prakrit inscriptions were found in rock-cut tombs in Egypt’s Valley of Kings, dating to the 1st–3rd centuries AD. Scholars say the find underscores India-Roman trade, merchant networks and early literacy.

Deccan Herald
Evidently the redesign of the #EDCS #epigraphy database has broken all direct links to the old database, so now there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of broken references in the #PleiadesGazetteer . I knew we were taking a risk with those php-cruft-filled URIS, but it still hurts.
EDCS appears to be down #epigraphy
Dieser ungewöhnliche Grabstein in vier Sprachen (Arabisch, Griechisch, Hebräisch und Latein) aus dem 12. Jhd bezeugt die religiöse und sprachliche Vielfalt des damaligen Palermos.
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