[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) › c21.s19.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s19.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s19.3 - **Language:** English ### [c21.s19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c21.s19.3) Notes: Ortho. types: Orthographic types TB-I to III. For dicussion, see sections 6.6 to 6.13. The \*puḷḷi\* in Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu is equivalent to the TB-III type in Tamil-Brāhmī. However, cases of no \*puḷḷi\* may be due to its absence in this period. - [Previous: c21.s19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c21.s19.2) - [Next: c22.s1.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s1.t1.1) - [Up: c21.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c21.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c21.s19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c21.s19.3) · Pramāṇa