Buddhist scripture fragment, light brown fragment with dark brown text. Three lines of text visible. In glass clip frame,
Inscription
Label on back of clip frame reads: 4508
Label reads: written on birch bark 5 century AD
Notes
Alan Cole
This is an example of Brahmi written on birch-bark in the 5th century AD. Brahmi is a North Semitic script descended from Aramaic, like most Indian scripts.