Kadamba script
The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada, and it was later adopted to write the Telugu language.[4] The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script. The Kadamba script is one of the oldest scripts of the southern group of writing systems that developed from the ancient Brahmi script. By the 5th century CE it became distinct from other Brahmi variants and was used in what are now the South Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It evolved into the Kannada-Telugu script by the 10th century CE and was used to write the Kannada and Telugu languages.[5] It is also distantly related to the Sinhala script.[6] HistoryKadamba coinage Coin of Kadamba king Sri Manarashi, name written in Kadamba script Sri manarashi written in Kadamba script on Kadamba coin Coin of the Kadambas written in Kadamba script as sri dosharashi and other side Shri shashankaha Sri dosharashi written in Kadamba script on Kadamba coin During the rule of Kadamba dynasty (325-550), major change in the Brahmi script resulted in the Kadamba Kannada script, letters were shorter and round in shape. During (325 to 1000 AD) the rule of the Western Ganga dynasty in the southern parts of Karnataka the Kannada script used differently (also known as Ganga script) in rock edicts and copper plate inscriptions. During 6th to 10th century, the Telugu-Kannada alphabet stabilized during the rule of the Chalukyas of Badami from 500-1000[7] and Rastrakutas.[citation needed] Inscriptions in Kadamba script 
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