[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.s3.t2.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s3.t2.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s3.t2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c22.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s3.t2.2) The proportion of non-Tamil sounds is relatively much less than what one would expect from the Indo-Aryan element present in the Tamil-Brāhmī cave inscriptions as most of the loanwords are adapted to the Tamil phonetic pattern.³ - [Previous: c22.s3.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s3.t2.1) - [Next: c22.s3.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s3.t2.3) - [Up: c22.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s3.t2.2) · Pramāṇa