Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s15.t3.1

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The critical palaeographic features of the coin-legends on the reverse, which prove conclusively that the script employed in them is Tamil-Brāhmī are: the letter *c* with the open loop; the tubular form of *m* with the crossbar in the middle; the presence of the characteristic Tamil-Brāhmī letters *ḻ* and *ṟ*; the case-ending *-ku*; and the *puḷḷi* to indicate the basic consonant *ṭ*. These features which are illustrated in the photographs of the coins (in Fig. 5.9) are discussed below.