{"id":61041,"date":"2021-11-10T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=61041"},"modified":"2021-11-10T08:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:34:39","slug":"tamil-script-upsc-daily-important-topic-10-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/tamil-script-upsc-daily-important-topic-10-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"TAMIL SCRIPT: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 10 October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TAMIL SCRIPT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The earliest inscription in the Tamil language is engraved in rock shelters and caves, mostly in Tamil Nadu, especially in the area near Madurai. They are in a script known as Tamil-Brahmi, an adoption of Brahmi for writing the Tamil Language.<\/li><li>Three Southern scripts emerged in the early medieval period-Grantha, Tamil, and Vatteluttu. 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