Thus, learning to read the script is complicated by the large size of the full set of characters and character combinations, numbering about 500. They are represented by different and sometimes quite irregular characters. Like Devanagari, Eastern Nagari also uses dozens of consonant clusters. There is a rich legacy of Eastern Indian literature written in this script, which is still occasionally used to write Sanskrit today.

It was also used by the later Ahom kings to write the Buranjis, the Ahom chronicles, in the Assamese language. Madhava Kandali used it to write the Assamese Ramayana in the 14th century. Sankardev used the script in the 15th and 16th centuries to compose his writings in Assamese. The vernacular dialects of Pali eventually evolved into Bengali, Assamese and other related languages. After the medieval period, Pali succeeded Sanskrit as the new written language in the region. In this region, Hindu epics ( Mahabharata, Ramayana etc.) were written in older versions of the Eastern Nagari script in this region.

The script was also used to write Sanskrit. The Bengali-Asamese script wasn't created to write a certain language, but it was the main script in the eastern regions of Medieval India. Today, in Eastern India, the use of Eastern Nagari for Sanskrit continues. It was originally used to write Sanskrit. Modern Sylheti uses the alphabet, alongside Sylheti Nagari. īesides its official usages, it is also used to write Kokborok ( Tripuri) and Bishnupriya, Angika, Bodo, Karbi, Maithili and Mising to some extend. It is the official script for three official languages, which are Assamese language, Bengali language and Meitei language (constitutionally termed as ' Manipuri'). It is the basis of the Bengali alphabet, Assamese alphabet and Tirhuta (a mix of Devanagari and Eastern Nagari). The Bengali–Assamese script (also Eastern Nagari script ) is the fifth most widely used writing system in the world.

Purbi Nagari Lipi (Eastern Nagari script) written in Assamese and Bengali

Bengali alphabet vouls