Consider the following statements regarding scripts of India:

Sharda is the original script of Mizoram.

The Nagari, Sharada, and Siddham scripts all descended from the Gupta script, which descended from Brahmi.

Brahmi is mostly written from left to right and its each unit is based on a vowel.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Sharda is the original script of Kashmir. It evolved from the Western branch of Brahmi nearly 1200 years ago. Almost all the ancient Sanskrit literature of Kashmir is written in this script.
Gupta script was used to write Sanskrit and belonged to the Gupta Empire. The Nagari, Sharada, and Siddham scripts all descended from the Gupta script, which descended from Brahmi.
Brahmi is one of the oldest writing systems, having been used in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia during the final centuries BCE and the early centuries CE. It is mostly written from left to right. It’s each unit is based on a consonant.

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Sharda is the original script of Kashmir. It evolved from the Western branch of Brahmi nearly 1200 years ago. Almost all the ancient Sanskrit literature of Kashmir is written in this script.
Gupta script was used to write Sanskrit and belonged to the Gupta Empire. The Nagari, Sharada, and Siddham scripts all descended from the Gupta script, which descended from Brahmi.
Brahmi is one of the oldest writing systems, having been used in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia during the final centuries BCE and the early centuries CE. It is mostly written from left to right. It’s each unit is based on a consonant.

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