[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 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c13: Chapter 4 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c13 - **Language:** English ### Chapter 4 ### [c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.1) | 4.1. Sculpture of two Jaina Tirthankaras. Muttuppatti. | 138 | | 4.2. Sculpture of twentyfour Jaina Tirthankaras. Tirunatharkunru. | 138 | | 4.3. A Roman ship calling at Alagankulam. Graffito on pottery. | 154 | | 4.4. A \*mithuna\* couple engraved on a gold ring. Karur. | 154 | ### [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 | ### [c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13.5) | 6.1. A casket inscription from Bhattiprolu. | 228 | | 6.2. Medial vowel notation in the Bhattiprolu script. | 228 | | 6.3. Medial vowel notations in the Mauryan, Bhattiprolu and Tamil-Brāhmī scripts. | 232 | | 6.4. Chronology of medial vowel notations in the Corpus. | 232 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c13) · Pramāṇa