[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) › c25.s13.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s13.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s13.2 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s13.2) ⁵ It is the system of medial vowel signs that has uniquely positioned Brāhmī between true syllabaries (of the West Asian type) and true alphabets (represented by the Greek and Latin scripts). The Brāhmī script has been aptly described as 'alpha-syllabic'. (S. B. Steever 1998: pp. 4-5). - [Previous: c25.s13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s13.1) - [Next: c25.s13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s13.3) - [Up: c25.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s13.2) · Pramāṇa