[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.s19.t2.13 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s19.t2.13 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s19.t2.13 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s19.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s19.t2.13) The Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions included in the present Corpus (Nos. \*101-121\*) are mostly recent discoveries which illustrate the evolution of the script during the transitional period (5-6 centuries a.d.). The evolution of each letter from the Late Tamil-Brāhmī to the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu forms found in these inscriptions has been studied above (Palaeographic Charts 4 to 6). - [Previous: c25.s19.t2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s19.t2.12) - [Next: c25.s19.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s19.t3.1) - [Up: c25.s19.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s19.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s19.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s19.t2.13) · Pramāṇa