Pallava script

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Brahmic script abugida writing system

Pallava script is an ancient Brahmic writing system from South India that significantly influenced the development of many Southeast Asian scripts, including Kawi.

Aliases (1)

South Indian Pallava script tradition ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brahmic script → abugida → writing system →
associatedWith	Buddhist inscriptions → Hindu temple culture →
country	India →
developedFrom	Southern Brahmi script → Tamil-Brahmi script →
era	early medieval India →
follows	Brahmi script →
geographicSpread	Southeast Asia →
hasFeature	consonant-based characters → inherent vowel /a/ → vowel diacritics →
historicalUsage	Prakrit languages → Sanskrit language → early Tamil inscriptions →
influenced	Balinese script → Batak script → Baybayin script → Burmese script → Cham script → Javanese script → Kawi script → Khmer script → Lao script → Old Khmer script → Old Malay script → Old Mon script → Sundanese script → Thai script →
influenceType	model for Southeast Asian scripts →
namedAfter	Pallava dynasty →
primaryUsage	inscriptions → stone inscriptions → temple inscriptions →
region	South India →
relatedTo	Grantha script → Vatteluttu script →
scriptDirection	horizontal →
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts →
status	historical script →
subclassOf	South Indian script →
timePeriod	circa 4th century CE → circa 5th century CE →
UnicodeStatus	not encoded as a separate script →
usedBy	Pallava dynasty →
writingDirection	left-to-right →
writingSystemType	alphasyllabary →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Burmese script → Kawi script → Khmer script → Rencong script → Sinhala script →	derivedFrom
Kedukan Bukit inscription → Old Malay → Sailendra dynasty → Talang Tuwo inscription → Telaga Batu inscription →	writingSystem
Canggal inscription → Karang Brahi inscription →	script
Tamil script →	hasHistoricalForm
Malay →	historicalScript
Canggal inscription ("South Indian Pallava script tradition") →	writingSystemOrigin