Question

Education and Literature under the Pallavas - please give me a short note.

Answer 1

All the early Pallava royal inscriptions are either in Prakrit or in Sanskrit language, considered the official languages of the dynasty while the official script was Pallava grantha.[18] Similarly, inscriptions found in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State are in Prakrit and not in Telugu or Kannada.[18] The phenomenon of using Prakrit and Sanskrit as official languages in which rulers left their inscriptions and epigraphies continued till the 6th century CE. It would have been in the interest of the ruling elite to protect their privileges by perpetuating their hegemony of Prakrit in order to exclude the common people from sharing power (Mahadevan 1995a: 173-188). The Pallavas in their Tamil country also adopted the same method. They used Sanskrit language and Pallava grantha scripts in their official orders.Under the pallava dynasty a unique form of Southern Brahmi script developed. Around the 6th century CE, it was exported eastwards and influenced the genesis of almost all Southeast Asian scripts.

Answer 2

Education and literature under the Pallavas some facts regarding there are mentioned below:

- The ancient centre of learning was capital of pallavans kanchi as they were great partons of learning.

- The growth of literature of both Sanskrit and Tamil language was encouraged by Pallvans.

- Mahendravarnam I was the monarch of pallavanwho wrote Bagavatha Ajikkiyam and Maththavilasa Prakasanam in sanskrit.

- Pallavans contribution was significant in cultural development.

- During the pallavan rules there lived a great scholar of Sanskrit who wrote Kavyadharsha named as Dhandin.

- Mayurasurnam was the Kadamba dynasty founder who studied vedas at kanchi.