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Posted by Prashanth M (Bangalore, India) on 6 March 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.
Close-up of the Kannada Shaasana.
That's Kannada script. Kannada script evolved over a period of more than 1500 years, it's difficult for a person to read it even if he knows present day Kannada script. The written Kannada languag has been classified majorly in to 4 groups -
- Poorvada Halegannada (Pre-ancient Kananda) - Time frame around 5th centuary
- Halegannada (Ancient Kannada) - From the ninth to fourteenth century.
- Nadugannada (Middle Kannada) - Period between fourteenth and eighteenth century
- Hosagannada (Modern Kannada) - Present day Kannada, nineteenth century and later
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Srikaanth from Bengalooru, India
I dont get a word out of it :(
Cool info Sir, thanks.
6 Mar 2007 7:20am
@Vani: Atleast 800 years old
Jerry from Tampa, United States
Very interesting Prashanth - thank you for sharing!
6 Mar 2007 12:53pm
bachodi from Chennai, India
wonderful ...
does it starts with "naamamjaamikujjiga..". couldnt make out single word.
6 Mar 2007 2:33pm
@bachodi: Its related to a jain temple. I was able to make out one word in the second line - 'jinabhakta...'
Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece
mmm some of the letters show similarities to the greek alphabet, like the ω (omega). nice to know, thanks Dimitrios
6 Mar 2007 6:03pm
Veena Shivanna from Bengalooru, India
Hey, they look like telugu alphabets, you know that some letters match kannada literals. krishanadevara raaja na kaaladda hege ?
6 Mar 2007 7:06pm
Anand Balaji from Bangalore, India
"... it's difficult for a person to read it even if he knows present day Kannada script." This is true of almost all ancient South Indian languages; and yet we quibble and kill to preserve our language. How shocking!
2 Apr 2007 5:40pm
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