Bhujimol

Bhujimol is the name of the most ancient form of the Nepal script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa.

Etymology

The word "Bhujimol" comes from Nepalbhasa words "bhuji" meaning housefly and "mol" a word written at the end of scripts (eg-Litumol, Golmol).

Recent findings

In 2003, a brick was discovered in Kathmandu, in the course of reconstruction of the 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 the Newari Bhujimol script. There are Swastika marks at the two ends of the upper face with a Chakra mark in between. The brick measures 35.5 cm x 23 cm x 7 cm and weighs 8.6 kg. The brick may date to as early as the 3rd century BC. The previously earliest known inscription in the Kathmandu valley dated to the 6th century, at the Changu Narayan in Mandeva. The inscription is interpreted to refer to Charumati, a daughter of king Ashoka's.