Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tamil-Brahmi_inscriptions

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:artifacts gptkb:literary_award gptkb:museum gptkb:nun
gptkbp:alternativeName	Classical_Tamil_poetry Tamil_Sangam Tamil_poetry ancient_Tamil_literature
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Jainism Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	foundation of Tamil literary tradition
gptkbp:decipheredBy	gptkb:Iravatham_Mahadevan K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar
gptkbp:discoveredIn	gptkb:Adichanallur gptkb:Kodumanal gptkb:Anuradhapura gptkb:Porunthal gptkb:Sittanavasal Pugalur Mangulam Jambai
gptkbp:earliestDate	3rd century BCE
gptkbp:firstSangamLocation	gptkb:Madurai
gptkbp:foundIn	gptkb:India gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:importantFor	evidence of early literacy in South India
gptkbp:influenced	classical Tamil poetry
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage	over 100
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Tamil gptkb:Old_Tamil
gptkbp:latestDate	4th century CE
gptkbp:location	gptkb:ancient_Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:material	gptkb:ceramics gptkb:rock cave walls
gptkbp:mythologicalPatron	gptkb:Pandya_kings
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Porunthal_inscription gptkb:Jambai_inscription gptkb:Mangulam_inscription gptkb:Pugalur_inscription
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Pattupattu gptkb:Ettuthokai gptkb:Tolkappiyam
gptkbp:numberOfSangams	three
gptkbp:period	gptkb:Sangam_period circa 300 BCE to 300 CE
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:Archaeological_Survey_of_India gptkb:Government_Museum,_Chennai
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Brahmi_script gptkb:Tamil_script gptkb:Sangam_period Sanskrit literature South Indian history
gptkbp:script	gptkb:Tamil-Brahmi
gptkbp:secondSangamLocation	gptkb:Kapadapuram
gptkbp:significance	earliest evidence of Tamil language
gptkbp:status	semi-legendary
gptkbp:studiedBy	epigraphists
gptkbp:thirdSangamLocation	gptkb:Madurai
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	gptkb:Memory_of_the_World_(proposed)
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Tamil_people
gptkbp:usedFor	religious dedications ownership marks donative records
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:abugida left-to-right
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Cooum_River gptkb:mantras gptkb:Sanskrit_literature gptkb:Siddhar_poems
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5