Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s14.2

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The occurrence of the *puḷḷi* with the basic consonants is illustrated in Charts 5A & B, and with the short medial vowels *-e* and *-o* in Chart 6. The *puḷḷi* also occurs regularly with almost all the basic consonants (except *ḻ*) and rarely with the medial vowels *-e* and *-o* in the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions at Pulankurichi (not marked in Chart 8). It will be noticed from the examples that the position of the *puḷḷi* varies widely with respect to the basic consonant character; it may be placed above or to the left or to the right, in the middle or even inside.