The Story of Indian Scripts - Part 1 | The cave inscriptions of Mamallapuram

Just how old are Indian languages, and which are the oldest scripts in India? Is there a mother of all scripts, in a land that is as diverse and variegated as India? What similarities or differences exist between the south Indian scripts, and do they have anything in common with the ones used in north India?
The first of this two-part video story explores these fascinating questions and more as it traces the evolution of Indian scripts over the last 2500 years. How are Tamil and Malayalam scripts related, and why do Telugu and Kannada scripts look so similar? How did Kanchipuram become the seat of Sanskrit learning in south India? This video begins from the Atiranachanda Cave Temple at Mamallapuram, where a set of ancient inscriptions reveal much about the movement of ideas between the north and south and the scripts and languages in use during Pallava times.
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[@deewagarbaskaran9397]

We Tamil Malaysians are proud of our connections to ancestors from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka Tamil. Valga Tamil, valga Tamil makkal 🙏🏽🔥💪🏾🥰

[@vismithamahesh5907]

Your channel is doing a great job, most history based channels become too focused with the political side of these discussions - this is honest and focused on the learning side. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@adithyaanil393]

I'm a Kannadiga, i never knew that there was a script called Bhattiprolu before Brahmi evolved into Kadamba script. Amazing knowledge, Thank you!

[@yafoor4660]

There is nothing called Brahmi Script. Its name is Buddha script or Dhamma script.

[@dnd-yd2uu]

​​​​​@@yafoor4660that's just stupid, relating religion to a language was not the case at that time, which was clearly explained in the video about how Buddhism and Jainism coexisted with Hinduism, and obviously they followed the southern scripts; your statement doesn't have any evidence other than your radicalised mindset. Pali, prakrit, sanskrit, used the same script, with variations in regions, the Brahmi script we see today is standardised by ashoka, earlier there was Brahmi script with little variations under diffrent rulers. Seems like calling you Buddhist is nothing but a shame, Cause you are here to contradict what Buddha taught, with your radicalised hateful mind🙏 Om Namo Buddhaya🙏❤

[@pokemonitishere202]

@@yafoor4660 Bhattiprolu inscriptions are found in Andhra from where both Telugu & kannada scripts evolved.

[@jai7185]

There is no link between battiprolu & kannada telugu script, battiprolu was a prakrit language inscription written in southern brhami script, the kannada script evolved from brhami script during kadambas in Karnataka, later evolved in to kannada & telugu script.

[@boomboom21604]

​@@jai7185 Wrong! Bhattiprolu is the parent script of kadamba and others

[@TheKakamuka]

Goosebumps! Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Nice to hear the ‘Zha’ sound so very well articulated by the narrators when saying ‘Tamizh’ Nandri 🙏 Dhanyawadaha 🙏

[@prashanthb6521]

*Dhanyawada

[@Skm_4714]

Love from battibrolu andra pradesh. The place which telugu and kannada script found dated back 3 ce

[@williamliamsmith4923]

Great production. Both the narrators are doing a wonderful job.

[@alluallu7248]

that's the best channel i found on these important subjects. no biased narrative only facts. Thats a great sign.

[@zeroatm9381]

This is a fantastic video, in the earlier stages of my life I thought English is the oldest language, 😂😂😂 later when I worked with Japanese I was privileged learn little Jspanese language. At this point of time I started digging, then I came to know Sanskit was the oldest language in the world, after further research I came to know that Tamil and Kannada were the next 2nd and 3rd oldest languages in the world, then I learnt Tamil proudly, same thing I was telling people, they used to laugh at me, English is a world language. Due to ego issues like English is world language and status of English is high, it is lack of kowledge about our Bharatian culture and heritage, I found that Kannada was the first administrative language of thst time, even though Tamil was the first language of the world. Need some digging. Japanese letters are same like Kannada but they speak like Tamil and Bengaali... If some west people says our language is 2500 years old tell them our languages are more than 10000 years or 1lakh years old... proud to be a Bharathiyan...

[@decodingmyroot]

So true - Current Hindi has so many Urdu & Persian words - If Hindi goes back to its original form - The gap between South Indian languages & Hindi will reduce to a great extent.

[@tamilselvakadungo95]

What you say is true. North Indian languages ​​are related to Dravidian languages. Pali and Prakrit belong to the Dravidian language family. Vedic language is based on Prakrit and Pali language. Then Sanskrit was formed along with Tamil along with Vedic language. The word Veda is born from the word Vid. The word Vid is derived from the Tamil word Vizhi.

[@tamilselvakadungo95]

The Hindi word Ek, Do is derived from the Tamil word Okku and Thumi.

[@tamilselvakadungo95]

Based on Tamil language studies, it is related to Dravidian languages, Indo-European languages, Korean languages ​​and Australian languages. Tamil is related to many other languages ​​but it has not been studied in depth.

[@tamilselvakadungo95]

The Brahmi script is derived from the Tamil script. Evidence of the Tamil script dates back to the 8th century BC. The Brahmi script dates back to the 3rd century BC. How can the Brahmi script be older than the Tamil script? The Tamil Geezaldi civilization dates back to the 6th century BC. But you mention 3rd century AD. Why are you saying wrong?. Some information wrong for in this video

[@vineethg6259]

As I understand, Hindi has no "original" or "pure" form. According to linguists, both "Hindi" and "Urdu" are variants (registers) of the same language which they call "Hindustani". The Hindustani language developed out of Shauraseni Prakrit during the centuries of Muslim rule in north India and as a result came to use considerable amount of Persian loanwords (and Arabic words that came via Persian). The verbs and grammar of Hindi-Urdu (Hindustani) is derived from Shauraseni Prakrit, while the commonly used nouns are either loanwords from Perso-Arabic (eg: aadmi, aurat, insaan, jaan, dil, sawal, jawab, dost, dushman, waqt, intezaar, mushkil, aasaan, khoon etc) or those inherited from Shauraseni (sach, sapna, pyaar etc). While "Standard Urdu" relies more on Perso-Arabic nouns, "Standard Hindi" replaces them with Sanskrit-derived equivalents. South Indian languages (including Tamil to a lesser extent) extensively uses Sanskrit equivalents of many of these Perso-Arabic words that are used in Hindustani. That said, as a native speaker of Malayalam with only a very rudimentary grasp of Hindi, I have found the Sanskritised Hindi spoken in puranic serials like B R Chopra's Mahabharat much easier to understand than that of Bollywood movies due to the greater familiarity with Sanskrit nouns used in my native language.

[@chaituk09]

I knew 'Bhattiprolu' as only a village in coastal Andhra Pradesh near Bapatla. That 'Bhattiprolu' was also a script that preceded current day Telugu and Kannada is a new learning.

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

This is just an assumption by some.Kannada scholars may not agree that Kadamba script has derived from Bhattiprolu Brahmi.

[@sriharshacv7760]

@@gangadharhiremath7306 Even Nagari from Brahmi seems like a stretch

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

@@sriharshacv7760 Not at all true.Naagari has no other origin except Asokan Brahmi.There is no controversy at all. With regard to Bhattiprolu script,it is almost similar to Asokan Brahmi. Therefore Asikan Brahmi->Bhattiprolu->Kannada Telugu script is possible.Kannada scholars simply skip the middle Bhattiprolu and directly derive Kadamba script from Asokan Brahmi.

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

Bhattiproluvillage has a Buddhist ancestry.I believe there is a Buddhist stupa there.During excavations there,archeologists found a bowl on the bottom of which,a script is engraved.That script is called Bhattiprolu script

[@vas3138]

This is by far the most sensible explanation of the origins and history of Indian languages that I have seen on youtube. Thank you for sharing!

[@sanjaychikarmane3621]

Excellent work, this video as well as Part 2 and the earlier one on settlements in S. India. The story of how India was peopled and the evolution of it languages is fascinating, and you have presented it in a simple, clear and fact-based way. Keep up the great work!

[@digambarwarke9796]

Thank you for preserving those details and classifing our all identity!

[@thirdeyeinthemaking7327]

Thank you for sharing this information. Both of you doing a great job.

[@abhishekdan]

Liked the unbiased presentation without mixing present day politics from either sides. Hungry for more such content..

[@christeankapp6549]

It is phantastic to watch such a professional and appealing production on Indian History

[@markjohnson543]

An excellent presentation. Clearly presented and carefully documented.

[@k.v.chittibabu5063]

The great work Sir!Congrats!

[@avinash_mishra91]

I love Indian history. thank you so much for this video.

[@pavitraranjanswain4010]

If you love history, you should love all the History. In my case I love History. So I love all the Histories of world.

[@s.p.srithinesh8338]

This is Tamil History

[@suen3634]

Good job… well narrated, clear links, simple with not too much academic jargon. Good visuals too. Thank you.

[@charulathan1568]

Wonderful video, keep up the good work 👏 very refreshing to watch and learn when it is well presented

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Great job! It’s a beautiful and easy presentation of a potentially tough subject, and I’m sending this link to my grandkids because I’m sure they’ll love it

[@ronny383]

Wonderful!! Great substance.🙏🙏

[@felixalmeida481]

Storytrails is such a fascinating channel to follow! Devoid of jingoistic hyperbole, and based on documented research. This makes it objective and reliable. The narrators have standard, remarkably easy accents to follow. Now, this brings me to two points of phonetic intrigue. 1. I notice that “ZH” is pronounced in a unique manner, in Tamil. Similarly the letter “L” at the end of the word Tamil has its own unique pronunciation, seemingly an upward curling of the tongue? Would it be possible, please, to explain these 2 phonemes, possibly in a video for auditory benefit? Nothing like learning the appropriate pronunciation from 2 scholars in the field! I hang with bated breath on every one of your enlightening videos, possibly because of being from the South myself, and rather tired of the predominance of the North in representations of India, much to the detriment of our ancient, glorious South … pardon my own slide into momentary jingoistic pride 😉

[@PranavKarve81]

I'm not Tamil so someone who is can probably correct me or add to this, but basically the L at the end of the word Tamil is actually the "zh", which is pronounced with an exaggerated roll of the tongue from the very start of the upper palate, which you noted. Many people write the word Tamil as Tamizh, which is sometimes used in this video too. Tamil basically has 3 "L" sounds: the conventional L, which is equivalent to Devanagari ल, the "L" with the tongue rolling from the middle of the upper palate, equivalent to Devanagari ळ, and the "zh" sounds which you noted to have a unique pronounciation, and has no equivalent in Devanagari

[@felixalmeida481]

@@PranavKarve81 Grateful thanks, Pranav, for this helpful explanation.

[@deepakmt92]

It's the same for Malayalam language too

[@felixalmeida481]

@@deepakmt92 Good to know, Deepak! What an enlightening channel this is. I appreciate the many opportunities it provides for widening my linguistic and cultural horizons.

[@atharvagawkar4827]

Beautiful explanation

[@paragdesai1512]

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[@logically1028]

I was looking for this... Thanks... Also, plz at the end of the video, provide a graphical timeline of the things you discussed..because its the common problem that we tend to forget or confuse or totally ignore the time periods.. And a clear understanding of the various time periods helps a lot in establishing connections and creating a link that simplifies understanding the history.

[@cosmicwarriorx1]

Wow fabulous synthesis....

[@asitkumarverma]

Golden work. Hats off

[@SiddharthaJoshiFilms]

Absolutely fascinating video - loved it! And some rather interesting discussion below in the comments too :)

[@artus198]

Thank you for these videos... Indian history is too incredible !

[@vijaypoduri7442]

Excellent! In addition to the knowledge provided, the diction of the presenters was a joy.

[@praguhbis]

Shockingly good.

[@jestswcjx1259]

great video

[@RamakrishnaJK]

Good..Very Good,, Beautiful presentation.. Keep doing.

[@star-mj2ft]

Many thanks for the efforts to surface the potential with keeladi excavations which has not been given enough weightage till date .. loved the video… do make more of these

[@prasaddesilva8745]

Great work keep it up..

[@Ghulatz]

Loving it. Woaw

[@aryansingh7209]

Nice new stylization. Channel will boom if we get content like this more.

[@DevanshuArya]

Great information, very easily presented. Now we know that things were very fluid those days, not as cut and dry as made out to be. People moved around, languages mingled, kingdoms changed. Lots of mixing happened that's what makes India such a rich and unique culture. Amazing.

[@barani19]

Excellent video. This is the best place to learn unbiased history. The speed and clarity of narration is just awesome. Kudos to all the people who are involved in making this video. One correction required. Sanskrit usage did not decline after the Pallava period. The Thanjavur Marathas till around 19th century patronized 4 languages (Telugu, Tamil, Marathi and Sanskrit)

[@raveendhranathp5758]

There is a gap of about 700 years between the Pallavas' decline and the Thanjavur Marathas' ascendancy. Like Marathas the Pallavaas too were non-Tamils ethnically and hence promoted Sanskrit as their Kingdom contained only a portion of northern Tamilnadu the other areas being part of present day Andhra and Karnataka. But their capital city Kanchipuram was an ancient Tamil town well known for learning and wisdom. When the Pallavas were in power the Chola, Chera and Pandiya Kingdoms were functional in their respective spheres where understandably Tamil was the court language. . The pallava kingdom was later fully

[@rebeler2718]

Gave clarity .. Thanks

[@ganeshbabu3260]

Wonderful video of tamil and its orgini and it's evolution thanks to storytrails.

[@ms6063]

you guys are teaching , honestly ! not just FYI but teaching !

[@Forlone-Hope]

I am hooked to this channel!

[@Advaitvaadi]

Great informative video

[@mohammedjunaidnaik1947]

Boht boht Shukriya maam

[@wowmeaning]

a quality film/documentary compare to bbc/national geography channels. presentation is plain english to understand by a everyone. congrats to get more views and subscrption

[@janakivenugopal6824]

Loved you videos. Very interesting and informative. Appreciate your efforts. However I want to bring to your notice that on the page where you have illustrated the evolution of the letter 'pa', the malayalam version has not been shown correctly.

[@ajitabhsambodhi455]

Waiting for the part 2

[@zabinitro]

This was nice , where is part 2?

[@jestswcjx1259]

thank you

[@shergill4301]

Wow.....great to know.....can you make a video on spread of different religions in India too

[@advaiththeking5443]

Waiting for your next video

[@45hg23]

At last someone explained to me that many Sanskrit words are there in kannada.I am a kannadiga and I used to always wonder why I could understand Mahabharatha serial in hindi where they used to speak in shudh Hindi without parsi words.I had observed earlier that Hindi also has many Turkish words.

[@anirudh2704]

Kannada, telugu and Malayalam has many loan words from Sanskrit. And same for modern day tamil

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

Interesting

[@rrb3254]

Also correct the wrong information that Telugu and Kannada evolved from same language. Telugu evolved from older Kannada language called Halegannada.

[@Usery2k919]

Very informative! Please update the completely erroneous Wikipedia, which claims that tamil and and all other southern Indian languages have completely different lineages. Sanskrit is exclusively proto European and southern Indian languages are Davidian. It was done to divide Indians. Though there is clear connection between Latin and Sanskrit but there is even stronger connection between Sanskrit and Tamil. The connection is much deeper than just “few loan words” as described by western historians and linguists.

[@cuddlessingh1740]

Till the Indus script is properly decoded the origin of Indian languages will remain shrouded in mystery. One has to factor in the period of Shruthi as b4 Smriti as well so all Indic languages do have this verbal period b4 characters r assigned to sounds & given there r huge gaps in Indian history due to invaders ,natural calamities we may never know which came 1st. But today each has its unique place & no equal beyond Bharat exists.

[@harivardhan2500]

Excellent video...But would like to point out that the malayalam letter Pa is shown wrong. It is actually more like the example of pa shown in grantha script from the video(പ). Really looking forwars for your next video

[@justinian]

I was just going to make this comment. The letter they showed it closer to "Kha".

[@Lord.Dakshinamurthy]

This is is a good initiative....please also have tamizh versions of this too :) 🔱

[@karthikmulpuru1551]

Wwas the old tamil brahmi script not related to the script from IVC? You mentioned in your other video that the artifaccts uncovered in Keeladi showed script used in the IVC. Couldn't the later tamil script, called tamil brahmi be related to that?

[@radhakrishnans4971]

Sir, thanks for a wonderful video. Tulu language is one among the five Dravidian languages and has its own script. Can you please tell us about Tulu script also ?

[@dineshnexus]

Great work, unbiased and honest. Tamil is indigenous language of the land not influenced by Sanskrit, Urudu, Persian over the years.

[@Thepc425]

Tamil grammar is taken from Sanskrit, this fake divide was created by the British. Both languages have more in common than not. Both have borrowed heavily from each other.

[@SarathKumar-lf7uf]

​@@Thepc425rubbish 😂tamil is the only language which has no connection with sanskrit...it had grammar much before sanskrit interference...tamil grammar modified to use sanskrit lexicon using sanskrit phonetics doesn't mean it was derived from sanskrit...don't spread nonsense..tamil is an independent classical language

[@RakeshSingh-rt7bt]

​@@SarathKumar-lf7uf I think the early Tamil literature that is available is from the sangam period. Sage Agatsya was the one who organised first sangam meeting. Sage Agatsya was the master in Sanskrit and Tamil. He was the one who composed Tamil grammar later his disciples modified his works.. He lived near panchwati, present day maharastra..

[@jai7185]

Kadamba script is from 4th century AD not from 6th century as you have mentioned. Earliest copper plate inscriptions in dravidian language is in kannada.

[@amarnathjha8319]

I had visited Mahabalipuram in 1977 as an engineering student

[@anbalagapandians1200]

Super News Video

[@naveen1989ece]

Thanks!

[@StorytrailsChannel]

Thank you!

[@williamsatish25]

They failed to mention that in the temple where they showed the wall inscriptions, on the floor there are inscriptions about Rajaraja Chozhan.

[@parasnandal5229]

Who is rajaraja chozhan

[@abhishekvenkitaraman7797]

​@@parasnandal5229 Ruler of Chola/Chozha Empire of the South from 985 CE to 1014 CE.

[@shankarraj3433]

Thanks

[@thozhirchelvi4970]

அது Tamil இல்லை சார் மாத்திக்கங்க தமிழ் என்றாலே *ழ்* தான் அழகு உலகில் எந்த மொழிக்கும் இல்லாத அழகு * தமிழ்* Tamil. என்று உச்சரிக்க வேண்டாம். Tamizhi என்று எழுதுங்கள்.

[@GraceNettikat]

തമിഴ് , தமிழ் , Tamil

[@nandansheernaly]

I couldn't find the references to the claims made in this video. Have they been linked?

[@AchyutChaudhary]

Lovely video! Back in the day, there was only 1 ‘Brahmi’ script but today, we have so many of its descendants used today! Such as… 🇮🇳 हिन्दी 🇧🇩 বাংলা 🇮🇳 తెలుగు 🇮🇳 தமிழ் 🇮🇳 ગુજરાતી 🇮🇳 ಕನ್ನಡ 🇮🇳 ଓଡିଆ 🇮🇳 മലയാളം 🇮🇳 ਪੰਜਾਬੀ 🇧🇹 ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ 🇱🇰 සිංහල 🇲🇲 မြန်မာစကား 🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย 🇱🇦 ພາສາລາວ 🇰🇭 ភាសាខ្មែរ *not 🇵🇰 اُردو though!* How many of these languages can you recognise? 😄

[@shreyas846]

1)hindi 2)bengali 3)i dont know exactly but maybe telugu 4) tamil 5) marathi 6)kannada 7)odia 8)malayalam and the last one is urudu

[@soumyadipmukherjee6627]

Sanskrit ?

[@ketanvirbhadre1634]

​@@shreyas846 just a small correction 5th one is gujarati not marathi. It also had a different script called modi(bend) script, but devanagari is used nowadays.

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

@@shreyas846 9) Gurmukhi 10) Bhutanese 11)Sinhala

[@surajclasses5327]

Congratulations. please talk about VOC

[@ranaxing]

Trying to learn from your beautiful video. Will need to find a proof that confirms Sanskrit was written or can be written in Brahmi Script. So far your claims are first of its kind.

[@anthonybaransky137]

I was under the impression that sanskrit was used to write the Rigg Vedas.ive also heard that the Vedas could be as old 9,000 years old according to embedded astronomical alignments in the Vedas. I learned this from the channel Boaz Mysteries

[@krishnamuruganantham5499]

Kerala itself is cheranadu ruled by Thamizh chera kings. Later period invasions more percentage of sanskriti words mixed with Thamizh and formed a new language Malayalam.

[@aadithyanc.k]

That's why we love Malayalam 😌

[@sivakumarsubramaniam2388]

Not only language but entirely different culture which adds more beauty to India.

[@aadithyanc.k]

@@sivakumarsubramaniam2388 Yes Yes 😌🗿

[@THIRU8x]

Thamizh😂😂😂

[@vinodhsivaprakasam4923]

​@@sivakumarsubramaniam2388 Malayalam and Tamil culture has many similarities.

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

It's astonishing how one ancient script gave birth to so many distinct scripts across vast lands

[@subhamanjoshi1414]

Sanskrit was written by Newar people from Kathmandu in Bhujimol script. We even have a brick that contains inscription referring to a name in Brahmi & Bhujimol mixed “Charumati” daughter of Ashoka The Great in display at Changunarayan Temple. 2300 year old history.

[@rahulgopinath429]

So, how do these discoveries relate to the hypothesis of an Aramaic based transmission of Phoenician script to Brahmi? Specifically, is that hypothesis still valid given these findings, and if so, what route could it have taken?

[@nissar_fasil]

This findings are not new and doesn't affect that hypothesis

[@rahulgopinath429]

@@nissar_fasil Indeed, Mamallapuram one doesn't. Does the Keeladi excavations (on the second part of this vlog) have an impact on that hypothesis? it seems Keeladi one indicates an earlier phase of the Brahmi before Ashokan?

[@yaahqappaadaikkalam7971]

Sanskrit is Avestan Persian in the beginning and later sanskrit was infused with Prakrit which it swallowed later and that is only 500AD...

[@ytubeguruji863]

Please make a detailed documentary on the "Edukkal caves" found at Wayanad Kerala.

[@Distacca]

Can you please also talk about Northern Dravidian languages like bruhai... Thank you

[@ramakrishnannagarajan2100]

The Malayalam letter depicted in the “The letter ‘Pa’” chart at 7:42 is actually the letter “kha”. The letter Pa in. Malayalam is the same as the Grantha letter above.

[@selvappriyaabhavaanee117]

A very good analysis and compilation on the "Evolution of Languages and Script in South India". But, recent artifacts from Keezhadi and Kodumanal tell a very different history on the Evolution of Thamizh. In fact these findings are seemingly going to force us, and the Historians, into REWRITING THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE HUMANKIND IN INDIA!! Because, the very origin of the human race itself is converging down to South India, Thamizh Naadu and Lemiris or Kumarik Kandam. Let us see on this after going thru your next video.

[@kapilsethia9284]

This will prove Aaryan only returned to their native land.

[@KumarDeeps]

Correction: Aspirated sounds were added to the Telugu script to be able to translate Sanskrit literature [mahabharatam]. Those sounds were not present from the beginning. Even today, aspirated sounds are not paid much attention while speaking by telugu people.

[@pokemonitishere202]

Exactly. Every Telugu person says భక్తి as బక్తి కథ as కత భాగ్యము as బాగ్యము ఛత్రపతి as చత్రపతి భారం as బారం

[@darkknightrises3571]

pls make a video between king purushottam and alexander

[@Lord.Dakshinamurthy]

:D 🔱..... Kumari kandam

[@AdarshHari708]

At 7:45, the chart switches the Grantha and Malayalam letters for ‘p’.

[@sankarie3687]

ആധുനിക മലയാളം എഴുത്ത് ആര്യൻ എഴുത്താണ്. അതായത് ഗ്രന്താ. മലയാളം എന്ന് പറഞ് കാണിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത് കോലെഴുത്ത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മലയാന്മ എഴുത്ത് ആയിരിക്കും.

[@sankarie3687]

അതുപോലെ ഇതിൽ മലയാളത്തെ പറ്റി പറയുന്നത് തികച്ചും തെറ്റ് ആണ്.2മലയാളം എഴുതാൻ ആദ്യം ഉപയോഗിച്ചത് തമിഴ് ബ്രഹ്മിയാണ് (2bd century bce) അത് കഴിഞ്ഞ് വട്ടെഴുത്ത് (3rd century ce - 9-10 ce) തരിസപ്പള്ളി ചെപ്പെട് (849ad) യിൽ കുറച്ച് ഗ്രന്താ അക്ഷരങ്ങൾ കാണാം അതിന് കാരണം 8ആം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിൽ ബ്രാഹ്മണർ സ്വാധീനം ആണ്. എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ കിളിപ്പാട്ട് എഴുതിയത് 3 രീതിയിൽ ആണ്.1st Samskritham (ഗ്രന്താ) 2nd മണിപ്രവളം (മലയാളം + സംസ്കൃതം (ഗ്രന്താ + വട്ടെഴുത്ത് )) 3rd പച്ച മലയാളം(വട്ടെഴുത്ത്. കേരള ഭാഷ ഏതാണ്ട് 2200 കൊല്ലം ചരിത്ര മുള്ളതാണ്. എന്നാൽ ആ ഭാഷയ്ക്കു മലയാളം എന്ന പേര് വീണത് ഈ അടുത്ത ഇടയ്ക്കാണ് (only after 1800)

[@StudyingReligions]

South Indians were amazing Sanskrit scholars because they have quite strong connect with native languages!

[@pranavarupan]

"Kal thondri man thondra kalathu mun thondriya mutha kudi Tamil kudi". This is from a poem (belong to 9th CE ) The actual meaning of this quote is kal thondri(before we start built the house using stones) man thodra (before human divide the land based on kingdoms) mun thondriya mutha kudi Tamil(It is all come after the tamil people formed).

[@TSR64]

Real meaning... Kal refers to mountain in Tamil. Ancient people lived in mountain. Kal thontri means already people started to live in mountain. Mann...soil means soil readied for agriculture.. Vaalodu ( to make soil into suitable one for agriculture we need aruvaal, koththu Vaal made off iron) thontriya ( with iron tools for agriculture) mooththa ( ancient) kudi ( community). In short.. After living in mountain ( kal) and before agriculture ( in the plains) Tamils had possessed iron making technology... See Tamil chindanaiyaalar peravai videos on Vedas by Shiva who was the chairman of first Tamil Sangam. He gave " Urukku" ( iron) vedam... iron melting technology.. It was corrupted and renamed as Rig Veda by vested interests... From Tamil Nadu India.

[@rravisankar3355]

Is it "Samskrutam" or "Saanskrit" which is the name of the language?

[@kikum3067]

Indus valley script once decipher will reveal a lot of things regarding Indian scripts

[@PerumPalli]

வணக்கம் 🙏🙏🙏

[@chottureviews82]

Why Bhattiprolu script looks similar to Indus valley era script?

[@indianatlarge]

brahmi had influenced the scripts of SE Asia as well, so there could be more branches than called out in this vid - understand is India centric

[@zeroatm9381]

Our can take the help of Linguistic analysis and research center, Govt. Of India body in Mysore, Ontikoppal..

[@romerising5865]

This clearly proves that Pallava was not a native Tamil empire and as such satavahana could also not be a native Telugu empire. These people most probably have north Indian roots or maybe they themselves could be of different race maybe persian in which North india itself could not accommodate them and they could have come to south. Chera, Chola and Pandya and some other lesser houses like ay, ezhimalai and velar is the one with authentic Tamil ancestry.

[@Amitsharma-vz4zp]

Brother your chola Dynasty conquered most of South East Asia and there influence and ancestors were still present in Indonesia and some other countries but the main things is there an ancestor have Sanskrit names and there language is heavily influenced by sanskrit how come a Tamil Dynasty King spread sanskrit instead of Tamil in these countries it only happens when the main language of India were sanskrit at that time or sanskrit was heavily respected language ..Indonesia King and mayanmar King have names like sukarano pushpamati go and search it on Google

[@skarthik6924]

@@Amitsharma-vz4zp chola dynasty not rule the south east asia they concured and they gave it back and they make contract business with them

[@gonzalesfrederic6213]

The script called Bramhi is very easy to learn, so l wonder why it was succeeded by more complicated ones

[@malvinderkaur541]

it is not question of who is what, it's generations of bloodlines and their inherent thinking which got given as legacies to their coming generations and when you see that those thoughts are not changing from centuries it means something then from gurun Nanak's refomist movement till later writers of intellect from North, the thread remained same.. same as Chanakya's political epics and what to do in that arena... thats all... it just take observation to piece these things together... and see how thinking remain unchanged down generations....