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... writing in Tamil , it is difficult to disentangle orality from the history of writing in south India . The very earliest Tamil text bears clear evidence of a sophisticated writing system : the Tolkappiyam , a grammar composed around the ...
... writing in Tamil , it is difficult to disentangle orality from the history of writing in south India . The very earliest Tamil text bears clear evidence of a sophisticated writing system : the Tolkappiyam , a grammar composed around the ...
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... writing . Once we accept that writing played a role in the composition and preservation of these ancient poems , the next question is , ' what materials were used to write them ?? If writing has remained a permanent feature of Tamil ...
... writing . Once we accept that writing played a role in the composition and preservation of these ancient poems , the next question is , ' what materials were used to write them ?? If writing has remained a permanent feature of Tamil ...
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... writing material . Paper came to north India some time in the thirteenth century , as part of a general Persian - Turkish cultural expansion ; within two hundred years , it had replaced the talipot palm as the common means for writing ...
... writing material . Paper came to north India some time in the thirteenth century , as part of a general Persian - Turkish cultural expansion ; within two hundred years , it had replaced the talipot palm as the common means for writing ...
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