Gupta

Summary

Gupta is an abugida^[1]. Gupta draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (abugida category, ranking #23 of 64).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gupta's image is recorded as Sanskrit Samskrita in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana 532 CE.jpg^[3].
• Gupta's image is recorded as Gupta consonants and vowel diacritics.png^[4].
• Gupta's image is recorded as Gupta diacritics and compounds.jpg^[5].
• Gupta's image is recorded as 5th to 6th century Bower manuscript, Sanskrit, early Gupta script, Kucha Xinjiang China, 4 folio pages.jpg^[6].
• Gupta's image is recorded as Barabar Caves Gopika Cave Inscription of Anantavarman 5th- or 6th-century CE Sanskrit in Gupta script.jpg^[7].
• Gupta's image is recorded as Kushan signet in Gupta Brahmi script 3rd century CE.jpg^[8].
• Gupta's instance of is recorded as abugida^[9].
• Gupta's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[10].
• Gupta's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet^[11].
• Gupta's based on is recorded as Brahmi^[12].
• Gupta's Commons category is recorded as Gupta script^[13].
• Gupta's language of work or name is recorded as Sanskrit^[14].
• +0400-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gupta^[15].
• Gupta's start time is recorded as +0400-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Gupta's end time is recorded as +0800-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Gupta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02gjgg^[18].
• Gupta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gupta scripts^[19].
• Gupta's facet of is recorded as Sanskrit^[20].
• Gupta's replaces is recorded as Brahmi^[21].
• Gupta's replaced by is recorded as Sharada^[22].
• Gupta's replaced by is recorded as Siddhaṃ^[23].
• Gupta's replaced by is recorded as Tibetan alphabet^[24].
• Gupta's replaced by is recorded as Bhaiksuki^[25].
• Gupta's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right^[26].
• Gupta's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Gupta-script^[27].

Why It Matters

Gupta draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (abugida category, ranking #23 of 64).^[2] Gupta has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Gupta is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]