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Kutila inscription of Bareilly

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The Kutila inscription of Bareilly is an inscription in the Kutila alphabet dating to 992 CE that provides crucial evidence in tracing the shared descent of the Devanagari and Bengali scripts of Northern and Eastern India from the predecessor Gupta script.[1]

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  1. ^ Isaac Taylor (1883), The alphabet: an account of the origin and development of letters, K. Paul, Trench & Co., ISBN 9780766158474, ... celebrated 'Kutila' inscription ... found on a stone dug up in Illahabas, a village in Bareli ... temple built by a petty local raja ... artist from anauj was 'a proficient in the Kutila character' Samvat year 1049, answering to 992 AD ...