With respect to the early Malayalam inscriptions, consider the following statements:
- Early Malayalam inscriptions show direct influence of Sanskrit and Tamil in their vocabulary.
- The early inscriptions were written in the Grantha script.
- The structure of early Malayalam inscriptions is completely different from later Malayalam literary texts.
Which of the statement/statements given above is/are correct?
1
1 and 2 only
2
2 and 3 only
3
1 only
4
All of the above