Brahmi script
The Brahmi script is mentioned in the ancient Indian texts of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, as well as their Chinese translations. For example, the "Lipisala samdarshana parivarta" lists 64 "lipi" (scripts), with the Brahmi script starting the list. The "Lalitavistara Sūtra" states that young Siddhartha, the future Gautama Buddha (~500 BCE), mastered philology, Brahmi and other scripts from the Brahmin Lipikāra and Deva Vidyāiṃha at a school.