tibetan graphic experiments:
the tibetan script is an abugida (alphasyllabary) of indic origin used
to write certain tibetic languages, including tibetan. its creation
is attributed to thonmi sambhota
of the mid-7th century. he was
a minister of songtsen gampo
in the 7th century, and was sent
to india to study the art of writing,
to find a system of writing suitable
for the tibetan language.