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The Pallava script, or Pallava Grantha, named after the Pallava dynasty of Southern India (Tamilakam), is attested since the 4th century AD. The Pallava script evolved from Tamil-Brahmi. It was used to originally write Old Tamil and Sanskrit texts – the court languages of Pallavas, thus, it features glyphs to render the sounds of both languages. Both the Tamil script via the intermediate script/step called Chozha-Pallava-Script and Grantha script have originated from the Pallava script. Wikipedia →
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