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Tamil Brāhmi Inscriptions from Vedukkunarimalai | Prof.S.Pathmanathan
Article by | Prof.S.Pathmanathan | Emeritus in History, University of Peradeniya In 1970, Senarat Paranavitana published the texts and translations of 54 Brāhmi inscriptions, which had been discovered at four sites: Periyapuliyankulam (35), Orupotana (12), Mahakatchadkodi (04) and Vedukkunarimalai (03). All these localities are in the southern part of the Vavuniya District. These inscriptions are in a hybrid Prākrit that…
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The Story of Tamil-Brahmi/Tamili
Story and Picture | Vicky Kannan In 1882, Near Madurai in the Mangulam area, Robert Sewell first discovered the Brahmi inscription. At that time, no one realized that it was Tamil Brahmi. Later, in 1924, Subramania Iyer studied the inscription fully and stated that the language of the inscription was Tamili and that the script was Tamil-Brahmi. Historians at that…
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