Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s14.6

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| Occurrence of the *puḷḷi* (in the Corpus) | Early Tamil-Brāhmī (ca. 2nd cent. B.C.- 1st cent. A.D.) | Late Tamil-Brāhmī (ca. 2-4 cent. A.D.) | Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu (ca. 5 & 6 cent. A.D.) |
| Total No. of inscriptions in the Corpus | 59 | 30 | 21 |
| No. of inscriptions with the *puḷḷi* | – | 8 | 19 |
| No. of occurrences of the *puḷḷi* - | | | |
| (i) with basic consonants | – | 19 | 51 |
| (ii) with initial vowel *e* | – | 1 | 1 |
| (iii) with -*e* / -*o* medial vowels | – | 1 | 6 |