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Esoteric Scripts Along the Silk Road
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Extinct Indo-European tongue preserved in Tarim mummies’ manuscripts
  • 5. False lead: name one might confuse with an African script, but beware — not Silk Road related
  • 7. Ancient Turkic alphabet carved on steles, predating Uyghur script
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  • 2. Merchant lingua franca's script fading along Central Asian bazaars
  • 3. Deciphered Brahmi rival once etched on northwest Indian trade scrolls
  • 4. Old Turkic script transformed by Manichaean and Buddhist scribes
  • 6. Late Middle Persian dialect inscribed on Silk Road coinage
  • 8. Middle Iranian script bridging Aramaic influence and Persian royal decrees
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