Thread by @ShrikaanthK

Of the approximately lakh (100,000) #inscriptions found in India, 85,000 are in tamiZ & kannaDa. Let that sink in

These were written in the respective #tamiz and #kannaDa scripts (as they were through the 2000 year history). Not in #Nagari variants.

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https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1444937888160956419

Many Southeast Asian scripts are derived from #kadamba-pallava script, the early kannaDa-Telugu script. This South Indian script had international reach

Nagari/ other North Indian scripts clearly did not have the reach or prestige outside India as the kadamba-pallava script

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#Nandinagari was used mainly in karNATaka for #samskRta inscriptions and writing, “in addition” to kannaDa script. Bulk of samskRta manuscripts are in kannaDa script. Same with samskRta inscriptions.

#tigaLAri script has also been used on some inscriptions and manuscripts

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In TN, #grantha script has been used to write bulk of samskRta inscriptions & manuscripts

samskRta works were/ are routinely published in kannaDa, Telugu, tamiZ and Malayalam scripts in south India.

From all this, the argument for pushing #dEvanAgari doesn’t really hold up

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From the perspective of sheer clout, reach & historic prestige, we should be using kannaDa script, the direct descendant of kadamba-pallava script for all Indian languages. kannaDa script can satisfactorily represent pretty much all sounds in Indic languages.

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The short “e” ಎ & “o” ಒ are naturally present in #kannaDa script as also the trilled R ಱ & the three “lakAra”-ಲ, ಳ, ೞ

The writing is unambiguous

Telugu script is a variant of the kannaDa script developmentally and structurally & therefore Telugu people can easily read it.

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