Telugu writers waited until the 11th century because of socio-political factors (royal patronage, the influence of Buddhism and Jainism). Telugu poetry began to appear in the 11th century. The earliest known Telugu inscriptions date to the 6th century CE. Full-fledged literary works in Kannada appeared in the ninth century, two centuries before they became available in Telugu. Both Kannada and Telugu produced poetry during the eighth century. Kannada became a written language ahead of Telugu. The Kadamba script evolved into the Telugu-Kannada script, which was used between the 7th and 11th centuries CE. During the 5th to 7th centuries CE the early Bādāmi Chālukyās and Early Banavasi Kadambās used an early form of the Kannada script in inscriptions, called the Kadamba script. Bhattiprolu script introduced by the Satavahanas gave rise to the Kadamba script. Satavahanas introduced the Brahmi to present-day Telugu and Kannada speaking regions. The Dravidian family comprises about 73 languages including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam. 5.2 Evolution and Development of Kannada-Telugu script.5.1 Inscriptions in Kannada-Telugu script.
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