page_title: Kohi script
hierarchical_section_title: Kohi script
caption_attribution_description: English: The slab bearing inscription written in Kohi script was found in Gandhara
context_page_description: Kohi is an undeciphered writing system used in Gandhara and Central Asia from the 3rd century BC to the eighth century AD. Pakistani archaeologist M. Nasim Khan was the first to discover inscriptions written in a previously unknown script. The name Kohi for the script was also first coined by Khan. Since 1999 he has been working on its history and decipherment has identitified the actual name of the script which is Puṣkarasāri, mentioned in different ancient literature.
  This writing system bears some resemblance to both Brahmi script and Kharosthi script as well as few Chinese characters.
context_section_description: Kohi is an undeciphered writing system used in Gandhara (in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan) and Central Asia from the 3rd century BC to the eighth century AD. Pakistani archaeologist M. Nasim Khan was the first to discover inscriptions written in a previously unknown script. The name Kohi for the script was also first coined by Khan. Since 1999 he has been working on its history and decipherment has identitified the actual name of the script which is Puṣkarasāri, mentioned in different ancient literature.
  This writing system bears some resemblance to both Brahmi script and Kharosthi script as well as few Chinese characters.
caption: Kohi inscription from Gandhara M Nasim Khan
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