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Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamili or Damili, [3] was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern India. It was used to write inscriptions in Old Tamil. [4] The Tamil-Brahmi script has been paleographically and stratigraphically dated between the third century BCE and the first century CE, and it constitutes the earliest known writing system evidenced in many parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala ...
Twenty-three letters have been identified. The letters ga and sa are similar to Mauryan Brahmi, while bha and da resemble those of modern Kannada and Telugu script. Tamil-Brahmi is a variant of the Brahmi alphabet that was in use in South India by about the 3rd century BCE, particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Inscriptions attest their use in ...
[2] [9] [10] The earliest forms of the script have been traced to memorial stone inscriptions from the 4th century AD. [2] It is distinctly attested in a number of inscriptions in Tamil Nadu from the 6th century AD. [4] By the 7th to 8th centuries, it had developed into a completely separate script from Tamil-Brahmi. [6]
Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts. Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period.
Tamil Brahmi script (5 P) Tamil script (2 C, 4 P) Tibetan script (3 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Brahmic scripts" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Pallava script, or Pallava Grantha, is a style of Grantha script named after the Pallava dynasty of Southern India and is attested to since the 4th century CE. In India, the Pallava script evolved from Tamil-Brahmi. [2] The Grantha script originated from the Pallava script. [3]
The Grantha script (Grantha: 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥𑌲𑌿𑌪𑌿; Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥലിപി, romanized: granthalipi; Tamil: கிரந்த எழுத்து, romanized: Granta eḻuttu) is a classical South Indian Brahmic script, found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Black and red ware piece containing Tamil-Brahmi inscription found in Mangudi, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, 2nd century BCE. [22] The inscription has been deciphered as "Kurummangala Athan yi Yanai Po" Potsherds with Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions found in Poonagari, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2nd century BCE [23]