Home›Brahmic Script Family›Attributed ToBrowse ByAttributed ToThis page groups alphabets by who is credited with naming or transmitting them. Wikipedia notes that the square script "was technically known by Jewish sages as Ashurit (lit. 'Assyrian script'), since its origins were known to be from Assyria." Browsing by attributed-to lets a visitor find every alphabet credited to the same namers or transmitters.FactsAttributed ToSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedScripts & Magical Alphabets 1Attributed ToFilter Results1 entryAlso Known AsAllThon mi Sambhota, in the Wylie transliteration of the Tibetan spelling (1)GenderAllMale (1)HistoricityAllHistoricity debated (1)Lifespan or FloruitAllSeventh century, by the tradition that names him. No dates are recorded. (1)Lifespan or Floruit End YearAll650 (1)Lifespan or Floruit Start YearAll632 (1)Office HeldAllSam van Schaik's Tibet: A History (Yale University Press, 2011) records the traditional account crediting Thonmi Sambhota as a minister at the court of Songtsen Gampo, sent to India in the seventh century to study writing and returning to devise the Tibetan script; van Schaik notes no source contemporary with Songtsen Gampo's reign names such a minister, the story appears only in Tibetan histories from about the eleventh century onward, and scholarship treats the man himself as an uncertain rather than a documented historical figure. (1)Place of OriginAllLater Tibetan tradition places him within Tibet, in the Nyang region, before he was sent to India to study Sanskrit and devise the script; this rests on the same non-contemporary sources that supply his traditional dates and cannot be independently verified. (1)Thonmi SambhotaAttributed To1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.