*🛡️KHAROSHTI SCRIPTS* ♟️Kharoshthi’s core area lay in the north-west—the land known as Gandhara in ancient times. ♟️Ashoka’s Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra inscriptions are in this script. ♟️Kharoshthi was later used in north India under the Indo-Greek, IndoParthian, and Kushana kings, and was also used in certain records outside the Gandhara area, including in parts of central Asia. ♟️Written from right to left, Kharoshthi seems to have been derived from the north Semitic Aramaic script.