Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s11.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s11.2
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*ṅ*: The letter *ṅ* does not occur in Asokan Brāhmī. However, its existence in Mauryan Brāhmī is proved by the Stonemason's Alphabet found at Gaya.¹ While *ṅ* begins to appear in the North only in the Sanskrit inscriptions from about the 2nd century A.D.,² it is attested in its primitive form in the Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions from the earliest times (Chart 5A: *ṅ*: *8, 22*).