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ʼPhags-pa script
The ʼPhags-pa script is an alphabet created by the Tibetan lama Drogön Chögyal Phagpa at the request of Kublai Khan. It was intended as a universal script for writing the languages of the Yuan Dynasty, including Mongolian and Chinese. Although used in official documents, seals and coins, it was never widely adopted and fell out of use after the Yuan.
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