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2 days ago · The Tamil script, like the other Brahmic scripts, is thought to have evolved from the original Brahmi script. The earliest inscriptions which are accepted examples of Tamil writing date to the Ashokan period.
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2 days ago · Three periods have been distinguished through analyses of grammatical and lexical changes: Old Tamil (from about 450 bce to 700 ce), Middle Tamil (700–1600), and Modern Tamil (from 1600). The Tamil writing system evolved from the Brahmi script.
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2 days ago · Dravidian is first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script on cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu. [3] [a] The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are (in descending order of number of speakers) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, all of which have long literary traditions.
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Mar 14, 2024 · Brāhmī,, writing system ancestral to all Indian scripts except Kharoṣṭhī. Of Aramaic derivation or inspiration, it can be traced to the 8th or 7th century bc, when it may have been introduced to Indian merchants by people of Semitic origin.
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5 days ago · Brahmic scripts spread in a peaceful manner, Indianization, or the spread of Indian learning. The scripts spread naturally to Southeast Asia, at ports on trading routes. At these trading posts, ancient inscriptions have been found in Sanskrit, using scripts that originated in India.
Mar 21, 2024 · In theory, this corresponds to a simple division where Tamil script is used for Tamil (undermarked in several respects) and Grantha script is used for Sanskrit (including sets of voiced and aspirated consonants as well as a huge repertoire of ligatures for consonant clusters). In practice, however, we know of inscriptions using mixtures of both ...
Mar 3, 2024 · Tolkappiyam | ancient Tamil text | Britannica Tolkappiyam In English Translation With The Tamil Text … WEBTransliteration In The Roman Script Introd Poets of the Tamil Anthologies George L. Hart III 2015-03-08 The poems of ancient Tamil are one of India's most important … Tolkappiyam In English Translation With The Tamil Text …