Kadamba script

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Brahmic script abugida writing system

Kadamba script is an ancient Brahmic writing system from South India that represents one of the earliest stages in the development of modern Kannada and Telugu scripts.

Aliases (1)

Nandinagari ×1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brahmic script → abugida → writing system →
associatedLanguage	Prakrit → Sanskrit → early Kannada →
chronologicalPosition	one of the earliest South Indian Brahmic scripts →
culturalContext	Kadamba kingdom →
derivedFrom	Brahmi script →
developedInto	Old Kannada script → Telugu-Kannada script →
geographicContext	Western Ghats region →
historicalImportance	early stage in development of Kannada script → early stage in development of Telugu script →
historicalStatus	extinct script →
influenced	Kannada script → Telugu script →
notableInscriptionSite	Banavasi → Talagunda →
parentSystem	Southern Brahmi →
primaryMedium	copper plate inscriptions → stone inscriptions →
region	Deccan → Karnataka → South India →
scriptDirection	left-to-right →
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts →
timePeriod	4th century CE → 5th century CE → 6th century CE →
unicodeStatus	not encoded as a separate block in Unicode →
usedBy	Kadamba dynasty →
usedFor	religious inscriptions → royal inscriptions →
visualCharacteristic	distinct vowel diacritics → rounded letterforms →
writingSystemCategory	Indic script →
writingSystemType	alphasyllabary →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kannada script → Telugu script →	derivedFrom
Nagari script ("Nandinagari") →	developedInto
Kannada →	writingSystemDerivedFrom