Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s1.11
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s1.11
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⁴ E.g., Greek from Phoenician, and Kharoṣṭhī from Aramaic. Scripts also acquire new names when their appearance is radically transformed in the course of evolution; e.g., Brāhmī evolving into Nāgarī and Tamil-Brāhmī into Vaṭṭeluttu. A separate script does not necessarily imply an independent origin.