Recently, ‘Bharat GI’ was unveiled at India AI impact summit.
About Bharat GI
- It is a national umbrella initiative to showcase India’s unique GI products to the globe.
- Launched by: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of commerce.
- Benefits: provides stronger international recognition, premium positioning, and market access for Indian artisans and farmers.
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1 sourceResearchers have identified inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi script in Valley of the Kings in Egypt belonging to 1st and 3rd Centuries C.E. shedding light on ancient trade links.
- It mentions names of trader in Tamil Brahmi script eg. Cikai Korran (Crown Leader), Kopan, Catan, Kiraṉ.
- Korran is also mentioned in Sangam literature where a Chera king is directly addressed as koṟṟaṉ.
About Tamil Brahmi Script
- A variant of Brahmi script used to write the ancient Tamil inscriptions.
- Period: 300 BC and 100 AD.
- Greatest Work: Thirukkural.
President of India inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the ol chiki script.
About Ol Chiki Script
- Developed in 1925 by Raghunath Murmu, specifically for the Santhali language.
- Transitioned Santhali from oral to written tradition.
- Before Ol Chiki, Santhali was written using Roman, Bengali, Odia, Devanagari script.
About Santhali Language
- Belongs to Austroasiatic language family.
- Spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and parts of Nepal & Bangladesh
- Included in the Eighth Schedule via 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.
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