Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s14.t1.4

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c20.s14.t1.4

While pottery inscriptions are fragmentary when compared to cave inscriptions, they are, in general, more securely dated and provide a glimpse into the secular character of ancient Tamil society. I shall argue in a later chapter that pottery inscriptions indicate widespread literacy in all strata of the Tamil society in the Tamil-Brāhmī period.²

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