Bhujimol script

The word Bhujimol comes from Newar language, where Bhuji or Bhojini means housefly and Mol means head. The "head" of this script, instead of being a horizontal line above each letter, resembles the forewing of a housefly, hence it is called Bhujimol, meaning "housefly-headed script." ==History==

The Bhujimol script is recorded in King Nirbhayadeva's inscription at Taumadhi, Bhaktapur, dated to 1005 CE. The earliest important Newar texts, Haramekhala (1374), Manava Nyaya Shastra (1380), and Gopal Raj Vamshavali (1389), are written in the Bhujimol script. In 2003, a brick was discovered in Chabahil, in the course of reconstruction of the Chabahil Stupa or Dhando Chaitya, bearing inscriptions in both Brahmi and Bhujimol: The upper face is inscribed with Cha Ru Wa Ti in Brahmi, and with Cha Ru Wa Ti Dhande / He Tu Pra Bha in Bhujimol script. There are Swastika marks at the two ends of the upper face with a Chakra mark in between. The brick measures 35.5cm x 23cm x 7cm and weighs 8.6kg. The brick may date to as early as the 3rd century BC. The inscription is interpreted to refer to Charumati, a daughter of emperor Ashoka. ==Gallery==

File:Devimahatmya Sanskrit MS Nepal 11c.jpg|A palm-leaf MS of the Devimahatmya, Nepal, 11th century. File:11th or 12th century Vajravali manuscript, Buddhist tantric text, Sanskrit, Nepalaksara script.jpg|A Buddhist tantric manuscript from Nepal, 12th century. File:6th-century Brihat Samhita of Varahamihira, 1279 CE Hindu text palm leaf manuscript, Pratima lakshana, Sanskrit, Nepalaksara script, folio 1 talapatra from a Buddhist monastery, 1v, 2r 2v leaves.jpg|Palm-leaf MS of Hindu text Pratimā-lakṣaṇa from 1279 CE. File:1374 CE, The Haramekhala medical manual, Newar language, Bhujimol script.jpg|A manuscript of medical manual, Newar language and the Bhujimol script, 1374 CE. File:Folio from the Gopala Raj Vamsavali.png|Folio from the Gopālarāja Vaṃśāvalī, a Newar historical chronicle written in 1389. File:1407 CE, Naradasmriti Hindu law manuscript, Sanskrit, Bhujimol script, Malla kingdom.jpg|Manuscript of the Nāradasmṛti, Hindu law text, Sanskrit language, 1407 CE. File:1407 CE, Manava-nyaya-sastra-tika Hindu law text and commentary, palm leaf manuscript, Sanskrit, Bhujimol script, Malla kingdom.jpg|Palm-leaf MS of the Mānava-nyāya-śāstra, Newar language and Bhujimol script, 1407 CE. File:Bhujimol and Devanagari.jpg|Chart of Bhujimol script vowel letters, with Devanagari and Latin correspondences. ==See also==