[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) › c22.s2.t2.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c22.s2.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.2) The Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions are relatively richer in verbs when compared to similar brief votive inscriptions in Prakrit. 15 verb stems are attested in the inscriptions, all of which are Dravidian in origin. - [Previous: c22.s2.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.1) - [Next: c22.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.3) - [Up: c22.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.2) · Pramāṇa