[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) › c11.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c11.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c11.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c11.2) | Palaeographic Chart 1. | The Brāhmī script. | 216 | | Palaeographic Chart 2. | The Tamil-Brāhmī script. | 217 | | Palaeographic Chart 3. | Origin and evolution of additional letters in Tamil-Brāhmī. | 218 | | Palaeographic Chart 4. | Evolution of vowels. | 219 | | Palaeographic Chart 5A. | Evolution of consonants: from \*k\* to \*m\*. | 220 | | Palaeographic Chart 5B. | Evolution of consonants: from \*y\* to \*ṉ\*. | 221 | | Palaeographic Chart 6. | Evolution of medial vowel signs. | 222 | | Palaeographic Chart 7. | Tamil-Brāhmī: special forms from pottery inscriptions. | 223 | | Palaeographic Chart 8. | Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu script at Pulankurichi. | 224 | - [Previous: c11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c11.1) - [Next: c12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c12.1) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c11.2) · Pramāṇa