Q. The Grantha script, once used to write Sanskrit, was mainly from which Indian State?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Kerala
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Karnataka
Answer: A
Archaeologists found 11th and 16th-century stone inscriptions in Pazhnchervazhi village near Kangayam in Tamil Nadu, featuring ‘Grantham’ and Tamil scripts. Grantham, a historical script, once scribed Sanskrit across South East Asia and Tamil Nadu.
Originally named for literary works in Sanskrit, it later influenced Malayalam and became Arya Ezhuthu. Grantha’s prevalence in South India highlights its historical significance in language evolution, particularly in the borrowing of words and grammar rules by Malayalam from Sanskrit.
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