[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) › c13.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c13.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c13.3 - **Language:** English ### [c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.3) | 5.1. Minor Rock Edict of Asoka at Brahmagiri. Karnataka. | 174 | | 5.2. An inscribed casket from Bhattiprolu. Andhra Pradesh. | 174 | | 5.3. Pottery inscription from Kodumanal: use of ḍ as ḷ. | 188 | | 5.4. Pottery inscription from Arikamedu: use of reversed ḍ as ḷ. | 188 | | 5.5. Cave inscription in Sri Lanka with Tamil-Brāhmī \*ḷ\* (detail). | 188 | | 5.6. Forms of \*ḷ\* in Early Southern scripts. | 192 | | 5.7. Cave inscription in Sri Lanka with Tamil-Brāhmī \*ṟ\* (detail). | 192 | | 5.8. Cave inscription in Sri Lanka with Tamil-Brāhmī \*ṉ\* (detail). | 192 | | 5.9. Silver portrait coins of the Sātavāhanas with Prakrit and Tamil legends. | 200 | | 5.10. Tamil-Brāhmī characters in Sātavāhana coin-legends. | 204 | | 5.11. Symbols in cave inscriptions. | 207 | | 5.12. Pottery graffiti from Kodumanal with cave symbols. | 207 | | 5.13. Juxtaposition of script and symbols in pottery graffiti from Kodumanal. | 207 | | 5.14. Seal with script and symbols from Anaikoddai. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. | 208 | | 5.15. Signs of the Indus script resembling cave symbols. | 208 | | 5.16. Pallava Grantha and Tamil inscriptions. Sendalai. | 208 | - [Previous: c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.1) - [Next: c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.5) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.3) · Pramāṇa