#ThinkingMedieval
Just like the Latin script we use for English, much of South and East Asia had their own globalised script nearly 1,000 years ago. It originated in North India before spreaking through the world and being adapted to new contexts and writing systems. Anirudh Kanisetti explores its history from 500 CE to the present day.
Sources:
Chaudhuri, Saroj Kumar. "Siddham in China and Japan." Sino-Platonic Papers 88, 1998.
Dine, Susan. Sanskrit beyond Text: The use of Bonji (Siddham) in Mandala and other Imagery in ancient and medieval Japan. Masters Thesis, University of Washington, 2012.
Sen, Tansen. Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400. University of Hawaii Press, 2003.
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