Vatteluttu

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An example of the Vatteluttu script from an inscription by Rajaraja Chola I at the Brihadisvara temple in Thanjavur.
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An example of the Vatteluttu script from an inscription by Rajaraja Chola I at the Brihadisvara temple in Thanjavur.

Vatteluttu was an ancient writing system used for writing Tamil language between the second and the seventh centuries CE. It replaced an older Tamil-Brahmi script based on the brahmi writing system. It was also used in Kerala to write in Tamil as well as in proto-Malayalam and Malayalam.

The modern Tamil characters originated in a Brahmanical adaptation of the old Grantha letters corresponding to the so-called Vatteluttu, or 'round hand', an alphabet once in vogue throughout Tamil Nadu.

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