[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c1.5 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c1.5 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c1.5 - **Language:** English ### [c1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.5) EARLY TAMIL EPIGRAPHY is the first definitive edition of the earliest Tamil inscriptions in the Tamil-Brahmi and Early Vatteluttu scripts dating from ca. second century B.C. to sixth century A.D. It is based on the author's extensive fieldwork carried out in two spells between 1962-66 and 1991-1996. - [Previous: c1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.4) - [Next: c1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.6) - [Up: c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.5) · Pramāṇa