Samanta Deva, which are Śāradā scripts. Kharosthi script Inscriptions and documents in Kharosthi (developed in Gandhara) have been found over a broad area in Afghanistan. To the far west and northwest, several specimens have been found at sites along the Kabul River in Afghanistan as far west as Wardak or Khawat, some 20 miles west of Kabul. Recent archaeological excavations have also yielded numerous Kharosthi inscriptions from north of the Hindu Kush, in ancient Bactria, both in sites in northern Afghanistan such as Qunduz and in several places in the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. See also Gandhāran Buddhist texts Kandahar Greek Inscription Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription Milinda Panha Rhinoceros Sutra Pre-Islamic Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan References External links Kharosthi Kharosthi script Brahmi Zoroastrian Heritage, Avestan and Iranian Languages Inscriptions Alphabets Languages of Afghanistan Linguistic history of Pakistan Ancient history of Afghanistan