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The Tamil Brahmi script found in ancient Tamil inscriptions is not consistent. It appears to have existed in three different versions between the 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE. The third version, assumed to be the basis for early Tolkāppiyam, evolved into the modern Tamil script.
Historical evolution of Tamil writing from the earlier Tamil-Brahmi near the top to the current Tamil script at bottom Tirukkural palm leaf manuscript. The Tamil script, like the other Brahmic scripts, is thought to have evolved from the original Brahmi script.
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The Grantha script ( Tamil: கிரந்த எழுத்து, romanized: Grantha ezhuthu; Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥലിപി, romanized : granthalipi) was a classical South Indian Brahmic script, found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originating from the Pallava script, the Grantha script is related to Tamil and Vatteluttu ...
Project Madurai is an open and voluntary initiative to collect and publish free electronic editions of ancient tamil literary classics. This means either typing-in or scanning old books and archiving the text in one of the most readily accessible formats ("ETEXTS") for use on all popular computer platforms.
It probably developed from the Tamil-Brahmi script, a variant of the Brahmi script used to write Old Tamil between from about the 3rd century BC until the 1st century AD. Vatteluttu was used to write Tamil and Malayalam in Tamil Nadu until the 9th century.
Jan 15, 2021 · Aksharamukha is an online script converter that enables conversion between 89 scripts used across South and Southeast Asia. Scripts related to Tamil include Grantha, Grantha (Pandya), Tamil, Tamil (Extended), Tamil Brahmi, and Vatteluttu.
Reference: the Table of Dravidian letters in Grantha proposal by Dr. Swaran Lata, Govt. of India letter, pg. 8, L2/11-011 is given: This document is to add some further inputs about the history of Tamil written in Grantha script. Grantha Tamil or Tamil Grantha, by definition, can handle writing both Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit and its derived ...
