[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.s14.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s14.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s14.2 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s14.2) 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. - [Previous: c25.s14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s14.1) - [Next: c25.s14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s14.3) - [Up: c25.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s14.2) · Pramāṇa