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The inscription is written in pre-old Kannada (Puruvada-hala Kannada), which later evolved into old Kannada, middle Kannada and eventually modern Kannada. [13] The Halmidi inscription is the earliest evidence of the usage of Kannada as an administrative language.
The Telugu–Kannada script (or Kannada–Telugu script) was a writing system used in Southern India. Despite some significant differences, the scripts used for the Telugu and Kannada languages remain quite similar and highly mutually intelligible. Satavahanas and Chalukyas influenced the similarities between Telugu and Kannada scripts. [3]
Halmidi is best known as the place where the oldest known inscription exclusively in Kannada language, the Halmidi inscription, was discovered. Anterior to this, many inscriptions with Kannada words have been discovered, such as Brahmagiri edict of 230 BCE of Emperor Ashoka. However, this is the first full length inscription in Kannada.
The Kannada and Telugu scripts share very high mutual intellegibility with each other, [6] and are often considered to be regional variants of single script. Other scripts similar to Kannada script are Sinhala script [7] (which included some elements from the Kadamba script [8]), and Old Peguan script (used in Burma). [9]
Kadamba script developed by the Kadamba dynasty was derived from the Brahmi script and later evolved into the Telugu-Kannada script after the 7th century. [1] [8] [9] The Telugu and Kannada scripts then separated by around 1300 CE. [1] [10] [11] The Muslim historian and scholar Al-Biruni referred to both the Telugu language as well as its ...
Old Kannada or Halegannada (Kannada: ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ, romanized: Haḷegannaḍa) is the Kannada language which transformed from Purvada halegannada or Pre-old Kannada during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka 345–525 CE). [1] The Modern Kannada language has evolved in four phases over the years.
The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada and it was later adopted to write Telugu language. [4] The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script. The Kadamba script is one of the oldest of the southern group of the Brahmi script.
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