[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) › c18.19 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c18.19 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c18.19 - **Language:** English ### [c18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c18.19) 2. Reference Numbers for inscriptional words follow the order of headwords in the Commentary. Each word is allotted a Reference Number comprising the inscription number and the word number separated by a dot. Minimal lexical segments of inscriptional words are indicated by alphabetical suffixes a, b, c, etc., for further analysis. (E.g.) \*\*\*poṉ-vāṇikaṉ\*\*\* (\*\*\*69.2\*\*\*) has two segments, \*\*\*poṉ\*\*\* (\*\*\*69.2.a\*\*\*) and \*\*\*vāṇikaṉ\*\*\* (\*\*\*69.2.b\*\*\*). For further details, see Introduction to the Commentary. - [Previous: c18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c18.18) - [Next: c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c19.2) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c18.19) · Pramāṇa