Here is something you may find very interesting - I found it practically mind-blowing.
Learning Indo-Aryan languages was pretty easy for me once I had learned the Brahmi Script, but Dravidian languages still eluded me.
Here is the Brahmi Script:
https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qim...d36baced633411
Here is the evolution of the Tamil Script from Brahmi:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...mil_Script.jpg
Here is the Pallava Script from Brahmi:
http://skyknowledge.com/brahmi-pallava.jpg
Yeah, see the pattern forming? Pretty nifty eh?
Here is the development of Sanskrit (Nagari) from the Brahmi Script with other languages at the time for comparison:
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/general/images/sanskrit.png
Not to mention the ancient Javanese Script which made Sanskrit a cakewalk for me:
https://d1k5w7mbrh6vq5.cloudfront.ne...3890ac1d86.png
Oh yeah and not to be outdone, here is the Phags Pa script created by Kublai Khan - which for some strange reason, I can read:
http://www.omniglot.com/images/writing/phagspa.gif
So, mind blown yet? lol
Anyway, back on topic about how totally amazing Shiva is.
Aum Namah Shivaya