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Kadamba script

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Kadamba script
Script type
Period
4–7th century CE[1]
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesOld Kannada
Old Telugu
Sanskrit
Konkani
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Kannada-Telugu alphabet, Goykanadi,[2] Pyu script[3]
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The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada, and later adopted to write Telugu language.[4],Thus becoming precursor to both Telugu and kannada scripts.The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script.

The Kadamba script is one of the oldest scripts of the southern group of writing systems that developed from the ancient Brahmi script.The kadamba script which developed around 5th-7th century has evolved into the kannada-Telugu alphabet around 10th century, which is used to write both Telugu and kannada.

History

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Kadamba coinage
Coin of Kadamba king Sri Manarashi, name written in Kadamba script
Sri manarashi written in Kadamba script on Kadamba coin
Coin of the Kadambas written in Kadamba script as sri dosharashi and other side Shri shashankaha
Sri dosharashi written in Kadamba script on Kadamba coin

During the rule of Kadamba dynasty (325-550), major change in the Brahmi script resulted in the Kadamba 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.

Inscriptions in Kadamba script

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Sanskrit language written in Kannada-Telugu script of Eastern Chalukyas in 10th century AD
Prakrit Grantha inscription of Kadamba ruler Vishnuvarman (c. 5th-6th century CE) from Edakkal (northern Kerala)

Similarity with other scripts

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The Kadamba script shares similarities with scripts of certain languages belonging to the alphasyllabary or abugida family, including Goykanadi, Bhattiprolu script, Salankayana script,[8] Pallava script, Gupta script,[9] as well as its descendent, the Kannada script. [citation needed][original research?]

Latin symbols corresponding to Kadamba script.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
  2. ↑ "Goykanadi script".
  3. ↑ Aung-Thwin, Michael (2005). The mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma (illustrated ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2886-8.
  4. ↑ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
  5. ↑ Rajiv Ajjibal (16 December 2011). "Monuments crying for attention". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Government Museum Chennai". Chennaimuseum.org. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kannada inscription at Talagunda may replace Halmidi as oldest". Deccan Herald. 12 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Comparison of Brahmi and Pallava scripts". SkyKnowledge.com. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Gupta". Ancient Scripts. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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