Archaeologists Discovered Two Stone Inscriptions Of Grantham And Tamil Dating 11th And 16th Centuries

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A team of archaeologists recently unearthed two stone inscriptions of 'Grantham' and Tamil dating from the 11th and 16th centuries, respectively, in Pazhnchervazhi village near Kangalayam.

About The Grantham Inscriptions

• Grantha is an important ancient script used to write Sanskrit in South East Asia and larger Tamil Nadu.
  

• In Sanskrit, Grantha means 'a literary work'. Evidently, the script employed to write the Sanskrit books acquired the same name.

• It was once widely used throughout South India.
  

• When the Malayalam language began to freely take terms and grammar rules from Sanskrit, this script was used for writing the language and became known as Arya Ezhuthu.
  

• In current incarnations, the Grantha and Tamil scripts look similar. Both scripts evolved from Brahmi in roughly comparable ways.
  

• The evolution of the Grantha script in Tamil Nadu can be divided into four stages. Archaic and ornamental, transitional, medieval, and modern.

• Pallava Grantha is an archaic and attractive plant variety. This variation includes Mahendravarman's Tiruchirapalli rock-cut cave and other cave temple inscriptions, Narasimhan's Mamallapuram, Kanchi Kailashnath, and Saluvankuppam temple inscriptions, and Mutharaiyar's Senthalai inscriptions.
  

• The transitional type of Grantha inscriptions spans nearly three centuries, from 650 to 950 CE. Later Pallavas (e.g., Nandivarman's Kasakudi, Udayendram plates, etc.) and Pandyan Nedunjadaiyan's Anaimalai inscriptions demonstrate this.

• The mediaeval variety lasted from approximately 950 CE until 1250 CE. Inscriptions from the imperial Cholas of Thanjavur are instances of this.
  

• The present variety is from the later Pandya and Vijayanagar dynasties. 

• It remained popular in Tamil Nadu until the early twentieth century.

• Following the invention of printing machines, many Sanskrit literature transcribed from palm leaves were printed in Grantha script.
  

• Following Independence, the popularity of Hindi in Deva Nagari script impacted all printing works, and Grantha script fell out of favor.

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