Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s16.t6.3
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s16.t6.3
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c21.s16.t6.3
The Early Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions have some orthographic peculiarities like the use of *ī* for *i*, *ū* for *u*, etc., not continued in the Late Period. Their presence indicates an earlier date which is generally corroborated by palaeographic evidence.²