Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s17: 5.17 Punctuation
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s17
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5.17 Punctuation
c25.s17.1
Punctuation as such does not occur in the short cave inscriptions. However, there are instances of a single vertical line acting as a 'divider' between two sentences of the same inscription (**No. *55***), and between adjacently engraved inscriptions (**Nos. *102* & *103* and *105* & *106***).⁴
c25.s17.2
⁴ The tall, vertical line seen in the middle of No. *80* is apparently part of the earlier rock carvings in this cave at Edakal.