https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallava_script
Bhattiprolu. Kadamba. Telugu-Kannada. Kannada. Goykanadi; Telugu; The Pallava script or Pallava Grantha, is a Brahmic script, named after the Pallava dynasty of South India, attested since the 4th century AD. As epigrapher Arlo Griffiths makes clear, however, the term is misleading as not all of the relevant scripts referred to have a ...