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  1. The Tamil Brahmi script inscriptions are predominantly found with ancient Tamil Jaina and Buddhist sites, states Zvelebil. According to Ranjan, all the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions found in rock caves of Tamil Nadu are related to Jainism. The Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions are also found in secular context such as coins, potsherds and others.
    Direction: left-to-right
    Languages: Old Tamil
    Sister systems: Bhattiprolu script
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    What is Tamil-Brahmi script?Tamil-Brahmi, or Tamili aka Tamizhi is a variant of the Brahmi script used to write the Tamil language. These are the earliest documents of a Dravidian language, and the script was well established in the Chera and Pandyan states, in what is now Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka.
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    Where are Brahmi scripts found?Similar versions of the Tamil Brahmi and the Kalinga or Northern Brahmi script are found in the Salihundam, Andhra Pradesh, Arikamedu, Kanchipuram and Korkai inscriptions in Andhra Pradesh. Archaeological excavations along the Arikamedu of Tamil Nadu coastal areas have found a combination of Tamil Brahmi, North brahmi and Sinhalese Brahmi scripts.
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    When was Tamil Brahmi invented?Based on Carbon-14 dating by an American laboratory, Rajan suggests Tamil Brahmi had been invented by 490 BCE, and states, "it is almost clear now that Ashoka did not developed (sic) the Brahmi script. The origin or evolution of a script is a social process and it could not be associated with a particular individual or dynasty." [22]
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    Does Tamil-Brahmi have continuity with the Indus script?Iravatham Mahadevan, decipherer of Tamil-Brahmi and a noted expert on the Indus script, has supported the idea that both those semiotic traditions may have some continuity with the Indus script, but regarding the idea of continuity with Brahmi, he has categorically stated that he does not believe that theory "at all". [94]
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    The Tamil Brahmi script inscriptions are predominantly found with ancient Tamil Jaina and Buddhist sites, states Zvelebil. According to Ranjan, all the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions found in rock caves of Tamil Nadu are related to Jainism. The Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions are also found in secular context such … See more

    Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamizhi or Damili, was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern India. It was used to write inscriptions in the early form of Old Tamil. The Tamil-Brahmi script has been paleographically … See more

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    Tamil-Brahmi had notable peculiarities when compared to the Standard Brahmi. It had four different characters to represent Dravidian language phonemes not represented in the … See more

    South Asia
    • Potsherds with Tamil Brahmi inscriptions found in Poonagari, Jaffna, 2nd century BCE.
    Black and red ware potsherd in Ucchapanai, Kandarodai, Jaffna.
    • Locally produced coins with Tamil Brahmi legends were found in the … See more

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    Early Tamil scripts
    An early mention of a script for writing the Tamil language is found in the Jaina work Samavayanga Sutta See more

    A. C. Burnell (1874), attempted the earliest work on South Indian paleography, but it was due to the efforts of K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar (1924), H. Krishna Sastri See more

    • Karai Rajan (2009). Archaeological Excavations at Porunthal 2009. Pondicherry University: Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Archaeological Survey of India. See more

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  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_script

    The Tamil script differs from other Brahmi-derived scripts in a number of ways. Unlike every other Brahmic script, it does not regularly represent voiced or aspirated stop consonants as these are not phonemes of the Tamil language even though voiced and fricative allophones of stops do appear in spoken Tamil. Thus the character க் k, for example, represents /k/ but can also be pronounced [g] or [x] based on the rules of Tamil grammar. A separate set of characters appears for these so…

  5. Brahmi script - Wikipedia

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    WebAdditional Tamil Brahmi inscription has been found in Khor Rori region of Oman on an archaeological site storage jar. Characteristics. Brahmi is …

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  6. https://omniglot.com/writing/tamil.htm
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    The earliest known inscriptions in Tamil date back to about 500 BC. Tamil literature started to apper in 300 BC, and the language used until the 700 AD is known as Old Tamil. From 700-1600 AD the language is known as Middle Tamil, and since 1600 the language has been known as Modern Tamil. Tamil was origin…
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  7. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Tamil Brahmi

    WebTamil-Brahmi does not, however, share the odd forms of letters such as gh in Bhattiprolu. This appears to be an adaptation to Dravidian phonotactics, where words commonly end …

  8. https://omniglot.com/writing/brahmi.htm

    WebOct 8, 2021 · The Brāhmī alphabet is the ancestor of most of the 40 or so modern Indian alphabets, and of a number of other alphabets, such as Khmer and Tibetan. It is thought to have been modelled on the Aramaic …

  9. https://omniglot.com/writing/pallava.htm

    WebThe script is also known as Southern Gupta Brahmi, proto-Kannada, Tamil Grantham, and by a number of other names. Notable features. Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet; Writing direction: left to right …

  10. https://www.tamilheritage.org/kidangku/DrSwami...

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  11. https://tamilheritage.org/kidangku/DrSwaminathan/...

    WebIndian Scripts - Brahmi to Devanagari - Tamil Heritage Foundation

  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_script

    WebThere is a good chance that the Tamil Brahmi script was created and developed by the 5th century. So the Kalinga Brahmi script is older than Sinhalese and Tamil Brahmi. The …

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