I noticed a mistake in #KantaraChapter1. Kanakavati uses a mix of Pallava & Vatteluttu scripts in the permission letter, which fits with the time period & region (4th cent. CE). But when she teaches Berme to write his name, she uses 14-15th century Tulu script, which doesn't fit.

Priest-King Indus Valley Civilization #PriestKing #IndusValleyCivilization #IndusScript #pfkodial

People in comments are saying it's Kadamba script, but look at it, it's clearly a mixture of different scripts, mainly Vatteluttu & W. Grantha characters. It's not a real script, looks like they created this just to make it look like a precursor of West Coastal writing systems.

They are not random characters, I wrote it following yajnadevam's decipher of Indus characters. It reads R→L -1- r ā ja r ṣ i -2-m o ṣa s ya dh u ra (#sanskrit)→ moha cho duro(#Vrācaḍa)→ Mohem jo daro(#Sindhi) -3- Sa p ta S i n dh u #IndusScript #IndusValleyCivilization

"ॐ-Om" symbol actually originates from the Central-Eastern variant of the #Guptā script (Early Nāgarī), not from Tuḷu or Kannaḍa scripts.

Alongside Sanskrit, other languages have also enriched India's linguistic heritage. #IndianLanguages

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The Lord of the Deccan -Dakṣiṇāpatheśvara Pulakeshin II (EREYA) Most famous and powerful ruler of the Badami #Chalukya dynasty, overlord of Mahārāṣṭra trayāṇa (Three great nations- #Konkan, #Rashtrika, and #Karnata). #pfkodial

Ullāḷdi Abbakka Chowṭa was the courageous 16th-century Queen of Ullāḷa, a kingdom in Tuḷuva country on India's west coast. Known as "The Fearless Queen" (Abhaya Rāṇī), she fiercely resisted the Portuguese for decades. #Abbakka #Ullal #Mangalore #pfkodial

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The first character looks like '𑀚𑀺-Ji', it's '𑀚𑀺 𑀦 𑀓 -Ji na ka', not '𑀚 𑀦 𑀓 -Ja na ka'.

This has been a symbol of #Tauḷava Country at least since 1000 BCE. This flag is highly honored in all cultural & religious activities of the Tauḷava kṣetra. There is no evidence of any other kingdom or country using these symbols in their emblems or seals prior to 300 CE.

That’s an edited version taught in schools. The original poem doesn’t name any specific country, but describes a land with 56 countries (merevadaivattārudēśadi), likely referring to Bhārata ( Indian subcontinent).

The earliest mention of the term "Hindustān" is from the 3rd-century CE Kaba-e-Zartosht inscription of Shapur I (Fars Province, Iran). This is a trilingual inscription, mentioning India as "Hindūgān" in Partian, "Hindestān" in Persian, and "Indian" in Greek.

The Skanda Purāṇa describes that when Sage Paraśurāma saw the Tauḷava country from the Sahyādri mountains, he was impressed by its beauty, praised it, and called it the best of all countries (तौळवं देशमुत्तमं।-Tauḷavaṃ dēśamuttamaṃ).

It looks like 𑀦𑁂𑀰𑀫˙-nē śa ma(ṃ)[L-R]. The dot after the 3rd letter 𑀫-ma looks like anuswara sign ं, suggesting the character could be read as 𑀫˙-maṃ. Swastika‑like character is probably a forgotten proto-Brāhmī character, not a symbol.

If it’s mirrored(L←R), the swastika-like character is definitely a forgotten Brāhmī letter, it’s same size and in line with other letters, and the anuswara(ं) sign in front it( 卐˙ ) confirms it’s a letter, not a symbol. 卐˙𑀫𑀰𑀦𑀸 (?)ंमशना (?)ṃmaśanā.

Ajanta mural paintings.

Āḷvas (Aḷupa Dynasty) also had a Naval Force, a 11th century inscription of Hoysaḷas mentions Aḷupa Navy as "Tuḷuva Baḷa Jaladhi". #NavyDay2025 #Alupa #Mangalore