Indian Palaeography c15.s1.18

c15.s1.18

D VIII. *Andhra.* The style known from the Ikshvāku records died an immediate death after their collapse. Only faintly is its character recognizable in a few inscriptions of the Bṛihatphalāyanas and the early Pallavas. Side by side with the Deccani influence we notice here a close similarity to the style known from the Chālukya inscriptions, especially after the establishment of the Eastern Chālukyan dynasty. This close similarity was maintained even after the regional scripts, Telugu and Kannada, were later evolved, but in this period the style had some relation to the writings of the extreme south.