Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t4.6
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t4.6
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assumed its characteristic forms, or about the eighth and ninth centuries A. D.¹ But it is remarkable that the Tuḷu-Malayāḷam character preserves older forms which were modified at later times in the Grantha. (cfr. the Grantha ‘mu’ of the 11th century with the modern Grantha [Grantha character] and the Malayāḷam [Malayalam character] etc.)