Early South Indian Palaeography c3.2

c3.2

In 1914 T. A. Gopinatha Rao discussed in the first Volume of the *Travancore Archaeological Series* the evolution of palaeography in South India. Later T. N. Subramanyan brought out in Tamil a book (1931) on ancient Tamil scripts under the title *Paṇḍaittamiḻ Eḻuttukkaḷ*. C. Sivaramamurti examines in his book *Indian Palaeography and South Indian Scripts* (1954) the development of each letter with particular reference to its changing shapes. Kannaiyan's *South Indian Scripts* (1956) is a general work on the evolution of South Indian scripts.