Conclusion from Evidence of Assam and Bengal:
Key word: Indian Script, Bharatiya Lipi, Assamese Script, Asamiya Lipi, Nagari Script, Nagari Lipi, Brahmi Script, Brahmi Lipi, Dhamma Lipi, Siddha Matrika, Kutila
One he who argue in favor of Bengali Script should come with the complete epigraphical evidence of Assam and Bengal. He has to prove each letter as Bengali Script with inscriptional records of this region. There are clear inscriptional records to prove these letters as Assamese Script i.e. to call Bengali Script as scam. A comprehensive study of the inscriptional records of this region was not done. Ergo, for long this script were called Bengali Script as the scammer concluded; but the age of the conclusion can never claim its acceptance. The global recognition of the conclusion is also not the basis of acceptance. To accept this script as Bengali Script it should have supportive inscriptional evidence; inscriptional evidence should prove each of the letters as Bengali.
The 232 inscriptions of Assam reveals that, Bengali Script is a Scam. This is a heart-breaking conclusion. But this is fact. The National and International researcher of Indian Script may come to examine it with evidence base study. The Bengali Script is a Scam, because it was concluded in 1919 with the study of 0.86% inscriptional records of Assam; the concluder R. D. Banerjee concluded that the proto-Bengali Script was originated from Northeast i.e. Assam. Northeast i.e. Assam; because Assam of 1919 became Northeast just few decades past; and the formulation of proto–Bengali Script with the 11th centuries Assam Script is not justified. Assam, among other Northeastern states hold highest (232) inscriptional evidences starting from 9th century BC to 1823 AD. R. D. Banerjee concluded Bengali Script from inscriptional records of modern geo-political Bengal starting from 980-1036 only.
Bengali Script is a Scam. R. D. Banerjee did it in the form of study, and his present-day followers are repeating it like parrot. While the supporting inscriptional evidence of each letter of Bengali Script has been examined, in terms of the inscriptional records of Assam, the scam came to the light. None can see the fact if he skips the inscriptional records of Assam. Thus, the argument in support of the Bengali Script with the prevailing study is worthless; each argument should come with its supporting inscriptional evidences to prove each letter as Bengali Script. Each argument should contain a comprehensive comparative analysis of the inscriptions as well as historical records of Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibbet. Till this date, inclusion of inscriptional evidences of Assam i.e. Assamese Script has been skipped by the researcher. Fact stands on evidence; there is no place for claiming and skipping. Incompleteness devaluates the scholarly works.
The scam has been concluded while checked the evidence of the conclusion of Indian Script. According to Richard Saloman, more than 50 thousand inscriptions of India are yet to be study. From the list, published in the book Asamar Pratnalipi Aviskrita Sabhayata are Tathya (2024), it is evident that there are 232 numbers of inscriptions in Assam. R. D. Banerjee the concluder of Bengali Script had studied only 0.86% of it.
Till this date researchers of Indian Script (Bharatiya Lipi) have studied just 20 out of 232 inscriptions of Assam, for the check of completeness of their study. Nobody knows how many inscriptions are left to study in India. Ergo, the conclusions of the prevailing study of Indian Scripts are incomplete. A comprehensive study is necessary to validate the existing conclusions. Evolution of Assamese Script has been concluded in 2020 with a detail comparative analysis of various Scripts of India; but the present-day researchers of Indian Script are too weak to validate it. Some parrot like researchers is denying these new findings because of their incompetency. The fact is that the right and wrong depends on evidence, not on somebodies' acceptance and denial.
The present geo-political boundary of India was different in different periods of past. The script grew in that geo-political influence. But its root was same. The cause of similarity of the Indian Scripts has not been studied clearly from its root with evidence. The script which is known as Devanagari has been summed up from the term Nagari. There are more other concepts of scripts such as Siddha Matrika, Kutila, etc. in the study of Indian script. But the chronology of the shape has not been concluded from the inscriptional evidences covering entire localities of the surroundings. The shape of Devanagari Script evolved from the shape of Nidhanpur Copperplate (593-640 AD) of Bhaskar Varman, the great king of Kamrupa i.e. ancient Assam whose capital was in Karnasuvarna i.e. in Murshidabad District of present-day West Bengal. It clearly shows that the script of ancient Assam was used in Bengal. It implies that the script concluded by R. D. Banerjee as Bengali was Assamese script. R.D. Banerjee shows evolution of Bengali Script from Bangar Scription (980-1036 AD) i.e. from 11th century AD. He concluded Bengali Script in 1919; till then 10 inscriptions of Assam were discovered and published in various volumes of Epigraphia Indica. Among these, the 4 inscriptions carry visibly clear formation of Assamese Script. But R.D. Banerjee intentionally set them aside and concluded Bengali Script. Assamese Script is the mother of Devanagari Script. There were 10 Assamese and 14 Devanagari of full-grown letter in ancient Assam in 593-640 AD. 3 of these 10 were in the same form in Bengal in 980-1036 AD; with these 3, R. D. Banerjee concluded Bengali Script. There were 13 full grown Assamese letters in Assam up-to 980 AD; 4 of these 13 were in Bengal in 980-1036 AD in same shape. R.D. Banerjee curtained these 13 letters of Assamese Script and then with the 4 letters concluded Bengali Script.
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Thus, from the epigraphical evidence of Assam it reveals that the Bengali Script concluded by R. D. Banerjee is a scam. As the study of R. D. Banerjee was of 1919, we can conclude him in three ways- the study of Bengali Script was made in 1919, the epigraphical evidence of Assam thus may be left out; if it is correct the conclusion of Bengali Script will be obsolete. 2ndly if we assume that R. D. Banerjee inadvertently left these inscriptions of Assam from his study then again, the conclusions of R.D. Banerjee regarding Bengali Script is obsolete; and 3rdly if we assume that R.D. Banerjee intentionally sated aside these inscriptions of Assam from his study for the interest of Bengali Script then the concept of Bengali Script of R.D. Banerjee will be biased. On any of the 3 cases the Unicode recognized Bengali Script proves obsolete. In the figure-1 we can examine the matured Assamese letter of 7th century AD which was used in Nidhanpur Copperplate. These form of letters were clearly kept hide by R. D. Banerjee. One can examine the published 10 epigraphical records of Assamese Script which was not accounted by R. D. Banerjee in the figure-2 below
The epigraphical records of Assam were sated aside intentionally by R.D. Banerjee, so the Assamese Script was left to be recognized by Unicode. The scholars of the world are therefore requested for their comprehensive study to examine the scam of Bengali Script.
R. D. Banerjee and his disciples are arguing in support of fake Bengali Script. This fake narrative earns the Unicode recognition. It had happened because there was no study of Assamese Script. Now, it is a prestige issue; it is not only for the Unicode but also for the Bengali Scholars. The inscriptional evidences of Assam have challenged the existence of Bengali Script. The challenge is possible to be skip for a few days; but it has to be faced with inscriptional evidence of each letter. Whoever it is, his recognition should be genuine.
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