[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.s17 # 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 - **Language:** English ### 5.17 Punctuation ### [c25.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s17) · Pramāṇa