[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) › c1.9 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c1.9 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c1.9 - **Language:** English ### [c1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.9) IRAVATHAM MAHADEVAN (b. 1930) is a specialist in Indian epigraphy, especially in the fields of Indus and Brahmi scripts. He was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1970 for his research on the Indus script and the National Fellowship of the Indian Council of Historical Research in 1992 for his work on the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. - [Previous: c1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.8) - [Next: c1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.10) - [Up: c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c1.9) · Pramāṇa