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GamaRaala
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20 Dec 2006 12:27:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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ThinKing,
Vallipuram Gold plate inscription has been dated to reign of King Vasabha (67-111).
The language of the gold plate inscription from Vallipuram, the earliest epigraphic record discovered in the Jffna peninsula, is the early form of Sinhalese, in which inscriptions of the time in other parts of the island were written.
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ThinKing
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20 Dec 2006 12:32:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kula,
However, the intermediate scripts are wrongly represented particularly between the 3rd and the 13th century.
I have no idea mate :) you are the expert :D
Kasiyapa being a son of a Pallava Princess
I'm not sure about this I thought he was the son of King Dathusena and I'm not sure if he was a Pallava.
I think I'm talking about history with some one after about 10 or 15 years :D |
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20 Dec 2006 12:37:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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ThinKing,
Please be mindful of the difference between the language and the scripts. In most cases in S.Asia, the languages have preceded the scripts. Same with Tamil too. There have been oral literary tradition before they were committed to writing.
Coming back to Sigiriya, Sigiriya had a number of cave dwellings of the monks prior to Kasyappa building his fortress.
There were a number of inscriptions associated with these caves dating back to 1st century B.C.E. However, they are Prakrit inscriptions carved using Brahmi scripts.
The Sinhala scripts are known to have appeared after Kasyappa built the fortress completed in the 5t cetury A.D. They appear in the walls of the passage of the fortress.
Kula
Edited By - Kulakottan - 20 Dec 2006 12:49:02 GMT |
ThinKing
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20 Dec 2006 12:49:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kula,
Please be mindful of the difference between the language and the scripts. In most cases in S.Asia, the languages have preceded the scripts. Same with Tamil too.
Yes, I know. As I told you I have no deep knowledge about the subject, only common knowledge about history of Sri Lanka.
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20 Dec 2006 12:51:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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ThinKing,
I'm not sure about this I thought he was the son of King Dathusena and I'm not sure if he was a Pallava.
I am sorry if I had not been very clear.
You are right that his father was King Dathusena but the mother was a Pallava princess.
That is the reason why he was refused the crown and a younger son of the Sinhala princess was designated as the Yuvaraja!
Rest is history..
Kula
Edited By - Kulakottan - 20 Dec 2006 13:11:14 GMT |
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20 Dec 2006 12:54:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kula,
The Sinhala scripts are known to have appeared after Kasyappa built the fortress completed in the 5t cetury A.D. They appear in the walls of the passage of the fortress.
I believe this is the only place where it was survived for us to see isn't it? the script 'might' have been used before/and/or in places other than in the Sigiriya, but probably got destroyed. |
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20 Dec 2006 13:03:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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ThinKing,
I believe this is the only place where it was survived for us to see isn't it? the script 'might' have been used before/and/or in places other than in the Sigiriya, but probably got destroyed.
Perhaps, yes!
However, we have to draw our inferences based on available evidences.
For example, in Tamil too, the earliest inscriptions in Tamil language but in Brahmi letters are known to have appeared in the 3rd century B.C.E. However there are archelogical evidences to indicate that some form of writing existed before 500B.C.E. But until enough evidences to prove that is unearthed they remain as possibilties only!
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20 Dec 2006 13:06:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mucha, Gamarala, Shakthi & others,
Check this out please while being on this topic:
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/12/10671_space.html |
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20 Dec 2006 13:16:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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ThinKing,
I too enjoyed the exchanges. I must profoundly thank you for enabling us to have a discussion without any bias or malice.
I am very pleased that you took it in the right spirit of mutual appreciation!
Cheers!
Kula
Edited By - Kulakottan - 20 Dec 2006 13:20:04 GMT |
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