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Abstract/ Description |
Photograph denotes how alphabet “Ka” has evolved in various languages. Mauryan, Tamil Caves and Kushan are the important stages for the development of this alphabet. The evolving stages of the alphabet “Ka” shows a tree structure from root Mauryan to various leaves of structured form “Ka” in different languages such as Nagari, Canarese, Telugu, Grantha and Tamil. In Nagari “Ka” alphabet has originated from the age of Gupta to Vijayanagara, In Canarese it begins from Pallava and ends with Vijayanagara. In Telugu from E. Chalukya 7th c. B.C to Vijayanagara 15th c. A.D. In Grantha from Pallava 7th c.A.D to Vijayanagara 15th c.A.D. and in Tamil Pallava 7th c. A.D to Vijayanagara 15th A.D. |
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| Title |
The story of Indian scripts: Evolution of “Ka”
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| Size |
45 × 50 cm.
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| Forms part of |
“Developments of Indian scripts“ photographs collection.
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| Origin |
Evolved in India, from Mouryan, Bhatliprolu, and Tamil Caves from 3rd c. B. C to 15th c.B.C.
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| Language Information |
The Kannada script is an alphasyllabary (sometimes called an abugida) of the Brahmic family, used primarily to write the Kannada language, one of the southern language in India and also Sanskrit in the past.
The Telugu script is derived from Telugu-Kannada script, and resembles Kannada script.
The Tamil script evolved from an ancient southern form of the Brahmi script, but was also influenced by the Grantha script. The earliest texts, written in the southern variant of Brahmi, date from just before the 1st century CE. Overtime the script changed, and by the 8th century CE the Tamil script has evolved into more or less its modern form.
The Nagari script is essentially an early form of the Devanagari script, which is still used in modern Indian. It appeared around the 8th century CE as an eastern variant of the Gupta script (whereas Sarada was the western variety). |
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Indus Script
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Development of Alphabets
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Development of Language and Languages
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| Medium/Genre |
Photograph
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| Note |
Photograph was laminated by CILS, Mysore. It is procured from Calcutta. Displayed in photograph section.
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| Location |
Centre for Information on Language Sciences, Mysore
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