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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pallava script canonical	30
Pallava script (indirectly)	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	Tamil-Brahmi script ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Sanskrit language early Tamil inscriptions ⓘ
influenced	Balinese script ⓘ Batak script ⓘ Baybayin ⓘ surface form: Baybayin script Burmese script ⓘ Cham script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ Kawi script ⓘ Khmer script ⓘ Lao script ⓘ Khmer script ⓘ surface form: 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 (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kawi script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Old Malay → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

Malay → historicalScript → Pallava script ⓘ

Khmer script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Sinhala script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Burmese script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Kedukan Bukit inscription → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

Talang Tuwo inscription → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

Rencong script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Sailendra dynasty → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

Canggal inscription → script → Pallava script ⓘ

Canggal inscription → writingSystemOrigin → Pallava script ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Indian Pallava script tradition

Telaga Batu inscription → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

Tamil script → hasHistoricalForm → Pallava script ⓘ

Karang Brahi inscription → script → Pallava script ⓘ

Thai script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Cham script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Dvaravati → writingSystemInfluencedBy → Pallava script ⓘ

Kawi → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Old Mon script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Old Mon script → scriptLineage → Pallava script ⓘ

Old Malay script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Mon script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Kedukan Bukit → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

Dapunta Hyang → scriptOfInscriptions → Pallava script ⓘ

Talang Tuwo → writingSystem → Pallava script ⓘ

subject surface form: Talang Tuwo inscription

Rejang script → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

Lampung script → influencedBy → Pallava script ⓘ

Hanacaraka → derivedFrom → Pallava script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pallava script (indirectly)

Carakan → influencedBy → Pallava script ⓘ

Canggal Hill → scriptOfInscription → Pallava script ⓘ

Vatteluttu → closelyRelatedTo → Pallava script ⓘ