id: "Brah"
name: "Brahmi"
historical: true
family: "Indic"
summary: "Brahmi is a historical Indic abugida, written left-to-right. Used in 3rd century BCE–5th century CE in South Asia for Prakrit, Sanskrit, Saka, Tamil, Kannada, Tocharian. Evolved into the many Brahmic scripts used today in South and Southeast Asia. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping)."
