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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 8221792, member: 112342&quot;]Sanskrit doesn&#039;t have a script of its own, the ancient vedas told in Sanskrit were latter written in the Nagari script, like how English and French uses Latin script.</p><p>The Nagari script itself was derived from the native Brahmi script.</p><p>Even during the reign of Ashoka (268–232 BCE), inscriptions in North India were done in Prakrit language using the Brahmi script, and they&#039;ve also used&nbsp; Kharoshthi and Aramaic in the areas bordering Afghanistan.</p><p>An Ashokan rock edict in Brahmi script,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444184[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Nagari script was developed much later in the 1st-4th century CE.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin issued by the Sailendra dynasty from 8th century CE featuring the letter &#039;tha&#039;, looks like a retrograde &#039;h&#039;, similar to the countermark in your coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444186[/ATTACH]</p><p>Although, I doubt the legend in your coin is actually Nagari (Sanskrit), it could be some local language used in that area if you have ruled out it&#039;s Aramaic or other known languages of the &#039;East&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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