Evolution of South Indian Scripts from Brahmi 5.1 Do you know? Description Image Source Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions are generally found Photo :Rajavelu engraved on the Irvatham Mahadevan, eye brows or Early Tamil stone beds of inscriptions, natural cavern in Tamil nadu Maṅgulam natural cavern- Inscription found above the water drip line. Sources Sangam Age Photos: A.sittaraman Chera coins and Rajavelu bearing the Tamil-Brahmi Iravatham legend Mahadevan, Early Tamil inscriptions Makkotai and kuttuvan kotai coins in Tamil Brahmi characters with bust. Pottery from Kodumanal in Erode District bears the Tamil- Photo: Y.Subbarayalu Brahmi legend. It and Rajavelu shows that the K.Rajan, From Graffiti people from rural to area knew the art of writing around 3rd century B.C.E. Kodumanal pottery- “Satantai antava” in Tamil Brahmi letters Vattezhuttu of transition period. Memorial stone inscription. Source: Photo: Memorial stone S.Rajavelu was erected for the victory over another Cock in Cock fighting- Arasalapuram,in Villupuram Cock from Melcheri encountered with another cock at Mugaiyur. Pallan Kovil Copper Plate Sources- Thirty Pallava Earliest Copper Copper Plates,Tamil Plate in Tamil Valarchi kazhagam, Characters of Chennai Pallava period Early Grantha inscription of Pudukkottai region Sources Language- Sanskrit Photo: S.Rajavelu of 7th century C.E Malaiyakovil- Pudukkottai, Tamil nadu, reads “Parivaathinih” - Name of musical instrument in Grantha Characters of Sanskrit language Earliest Telugu inscription – 5-6th century C.E. Sources- Epigraphia Kalamalla Indica Vol- pp. inscription of Erikal Muturaja Dhananjaya. Earliest Telugu script of 5-6th century C.E.-Kalamalla inscription 5.2 Timeline Timelines Image Description From Tamil Sources- Rajavelu Brahmi To TB Vattezhuttu and VATTEZHTTU TAMIL Tamil- 5-4th Century B.C.E to 12th Century C.E Evolution of Vattezhuttu and Tamil – Consonants .Grantha letters Soruces- Modern Grantha script evolved from Pallava grantha, Modern Grantha letters Evolutuion of Telugu Soruces: Somasundrarao Script -I From A to Na. ( cont) Evolution of Telugu From Ta to na. Courtesy- Somasundara script (Continuation Rao 5. 3 Glossary Staring Related Term Definition Character Term A B Bilingual Using two languages for same message or contents. B Brahmi The script employed by Asoka during Third Century B.C.E. It was used in Asokan inscriptions. Asokan Many of the Indian and Southeast Asian scripts Brahmi & evolved from this script. The rudimentary and Tamil simple form of the Brahmi script utilized in Tamil Brahmi Nadu without aspirate and soft sounds is known as Tamil-Brahmi. D Decipher Decrypt. To read the script with meaningful Script manner. E Epigraphy Greek word. It deals with the Study of inscriptions Inscription G Graffiti Engraving on the earthen ware K Kharoshthi The Indian Alphabet running from right to left which was employed by Asokan in the north-western part of Asokan India, Gandhara region. The term is derived from Edicts Khara-postha meaning ass lips. The script is more curvature form like an unshaped ass lips. P Prakrit The early Indo- Aryan language predominated during Asoka Maurya period. In the early stage the language Asokan was not standardized. The Colloquial form of Sanskrit Brahmi especially the Magadha dialect. 5.4. 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