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What if the earliest Sinhala voices weren’t found only in Sri Lanka, but across the sea in Tamilakam?

In this video, we explore a remarkable set of inscriptions discovered in ancient South India — fragments of pottery inscribed not in Tamil or Sanskrit, but in Sinhala-Prakrit, the earliest form of the Sinhala language, written in Sinhala-Brahmi script.

From the bustling trade hub of Arikamedu, to the sacred city of Kanchipuram, the Pandyan port of Alagankulam, the Chola capital at Poompuhar, and the vast urban settlement of Keeladi — each inscription tells a story of merchants, monks, princesses, scribes, and shared cultures across the Palk Strait.

These potsherds are not silent. They are Sinhala Voices on Clay, still speaking across 2,000 years.

📜 Chapters
0:00 Intro – Sinhala Inscriptions of Tamilakam
1:22 The Roots of the Sinhala-Brahmi Script
1:56 The Merchant’s Mark – Arikamedu
3:01 The Pilgrim’s Mark – Kanchipuram
4:05 The Protector’s Name – Alagankulam
5:29 The Monk’s Community – Alagankulam
6:36 The Scribe’s Fingerprint – Alagankulam
7:50 The Princess’s Pot – Poompuhar
9:04 The Echo in an Ancient City – Keeladi
10:13 Conclusion

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📺 Brahmi Script Playlist →    • Brahmi Script  
📺 My Keeladi Visit Video →    • Keeladi: An Ancient Urban Civilization in ...  

📚 Sources Referenced
• Early Tamil Epigraphy — Iravatham Mahadevan (2003)
• Tamil Traders in Sri Lanka and Sinhalese Traders in Tamil Nadu — Osmund Bopearachchi (2008)
• Ruhuna: An Ancient Civilisation Revisited — Osmund Bopearachchi & Rajah M. Wickremesinhe (1999)
• Keeladi Excavation Report (2014–2016) — K. Amarnath Ramakrishna et al. (2018)

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