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BEHow old is Telugu Script?
Long before most of the world began writing… Telugu was already engraved in stone.
In 1892, archaeologists uncovered stone relics in Bhattiprolu, Andhra Pradesh—etched with one of the earliest regional scripts in India.
Though it resembled Brahmi, this script had unique flips, curves, and sounds that weren’t Sanskrit—it was built for the local tongue.
One stone box even mentioned a local king, Kuberaka, and housed Buddha’s bodily relics—linking early Telugu to both power and spirituality.
This script evolved over 2,300 years—from Kadamba to Telugu-Kannada to the rounded Telugu script we use today.
Why rounded? Palm leaves. Sharp lines tore them.
What survives now isn’t just a script—it’s memory carved in syllables.
Sources:
Richard Salomon – Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan Languages
Government of Andhra Pradesh Archives – Bhattiprolu Inscriptions Documentation
Epigraphia Indica (1893) – Original Archaeological Report on Bhattiprolu Findings
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