Kadamba script
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Script type | |
Time period | 4–7th century CE |
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The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada and it was later adopted to write Telugu language[5].The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script
The Kadamba script is one of the oldest of the southern group of the
History
During the rule of Kadamba dynasty (325-550), major change in the Brahmi script resulted in the Kadamba Kannada script, letters were shorter and round in shape. During (325 to 1000 AD) the rule of the Western Ganga dynasty in the southern parts of Karnataka the Kannada script used differently (also known as Ganga script) in rock edicts and copper plate inscriptions. During 6th to 10th century, the
Rastrakutas.[citation needed
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Inscriptions in Kadamba script
- Gudnapur Inscription on 20-foot-long stone pillar written in Kadamba script[9]
- Copper plate inscriptions in Kadamba (Pre - Chalukya) script, Kadamba-Pallava script, Kannada-Telugu script are available at Chennai museum[10]
- Halmidi inscription
- Talagunda pillar inscription[11]
See also
- Ancient Philippine scripts
- Kalinga script
- Kannada script
- Palaeography-Kannada
- Telugu script
References
- ^ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
- ^ "Pallava script". Skyknowledge.com. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Goykanadi script".
- ISBN 978-0-8248-2886-8.
- ^ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
- ^ "Scripts fading away with time". Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Jayarajan, Paul M. (1 January 1976). History of the Evolution of the Sinhala Alphabet. Colombo Apothecaries' Company, Limited.
- ISBN 978-0-306-46158-3.
- ^ Rajiv Ajjibal (16 December 2011). "Monuments crying for attention". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Government Museum Chennai". Chennaimuseum.org. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Kannada inscription at Talagunda may replace Halmidi as oldest". Deccan Herald. 12 January 2017.
External links
- Evolution of Kannada script
- ||The story of Indian scripts - Evolution
- Chalukya Kannada script 690 AD
- Chalukya Kannada script 578 AD
- Vengi Kannada script 4th century AD
- Pyu script Pallava a Pyu equivalent script
- Ancient scripts timeline - Kadamba scripts
- Indus writing is multilingual: a part-syllabic system at work
- Indian Scripts -Brahmi to Devanagari
- South Asian Writing Systems
- Development of Brahmi script, second column is Kadamba script
- Coins of Kadambas os Banavasi
- Comparison of Brahmi and Kadamba-Pallava script (Salankayana script)
- Evolution of Telugu Character Graphs
- Important Discoveries in the recent past Andhra Pradesh