Tamil Brahmi Script – Part 3

Origin of the Northern Brahmi

In chapter XV.1.53 of Geographica, Strabo quotes the testimony of Megasthenes on the absence of writing in India, as observed by him during his stay in Pataliputra during the days of Sandrocottus ( Chandragupta Maurya ):

25 Names of Rajendra Chola I

1) Uttama Chozan
2) Chozendra simhan
3) Vikarama Chozan
4) Mudikonda Chozan
5) Panditha Chozan
6) Kadaram Konda Chozan
7) Gangai Konda Chozan
8) Veera Rajendran
9) Poorva Desamum Gangaiyum Kadaramum Konda Ayyan
10) Athisaya Chozan
11) Jayasimha Saraban
12) Malai Naadu Kondaan
13) Mannaik Konda Chozan
14) Magipaala Kula Kaalan
15) Veera Chozan
16) Raja Rajendran
17) Madhuranthakan
18) Iratta Paadi Konda Chozan
19) Nirupathivaagaran
20) Paarthivendiran
21) Manukula Chozan
22) Raja Vidyaatharan
23) Uthaaravidangan
24) Thaanavinotharan
25) Paraakirama Chozan

Tamil Brahmi Script Part – 2 Early writing and Evolution

Human Prehistory

If we were to ask, a geologist would say that we are living in the Quaternary period of the Cenozoic era. This period started at the trail of the Pliocene epoch. The Pliocene epoch gave way to the Pleistocene epoch. It is the Holocene epoch, we are currently living. Some scientists are suggesting an Anthropocene epoch beginning at the 19th Century AD to mark the period in which the human activity began to make significant impact on the climate and eco-system.

Tamil Brahmi Script Part – 1 History of Writing

The opening verse of the holy Kural puts across a thought to think: “As all scripts have the letter ‘A’ for their first, so do the world has the eternal primordial god for its first.”

A, as its first of letters, every speech maintains;
The “Primal Deity” is first through all the world’s domains. ( Kural, 1 )

Why would Thiruvalluvar compare the letter “A” with the primordial god? The answer lies in verse 392 which says,”Letters and numbers are the two eyes of mankind.”

The twain that lore of numbers and of letters give

The Story Of India – BBC – Part 4 – Rajaraja Cholan

The Story of India is a TV series aired on the BBC in August and September 2007. It was shown as part of the BBC series "India & Pakistan 07" marking the 60 years independence of India and Pakistan.

Narrated by historian Michael Wood, the series shows the 10,000-year history of India in six episodes. An accompanying text is available from BBC books.

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The Story Of India – BBC – Part 4 – Rajaraja Cholan.