Assamese script belongs to Brahmic family of scripts and very similar to Devanagari. Srimanta Sankardeva and other Bhakti poets used Brajavali script for compositions in late 15th and 16th century which is older version of Assamese script. Buranjis were written during Ahom dynasties in Assamese language using assamese script. Earliest form of evidence Assamese script is found in the Charyyapadas, the Buddhist songs. They are supposed to be composed within a time-frame of four hundred years from 8th century A.D. to 12th century A.D. In 14 th century Madhava Kandali used Assamese script to compose the famous Kotha Ramayana which is first translation of Ramayana in a regional Indian language after Balmiki Ramayana in Sanskrit.

Ahom king Chakradhwaja Simha (1663-1670 AD) was the first ruler who started issuing assamese coins for his kingdom (see figure for a sample coin). Similar script with minor differences are used to write Bengali (Bengali script), Manipuri and Sylheti langauge.

External links

• Assamese alphabet (http://www.assam.org/assam/language/alphabets.html)

• Madhava Kandali Ramayana (https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no17118.htm)