Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s19.t2.8

c25.s19.t2.8

⁵ "It is therefore to be presumed that the Vaṭṭeḻuttu script was in use throughout the Tamil country in the earlier days, that it fell into disuse after the introduction of the Grantha-Tamil by the Pallavas in their dominion, but that it continued to exist in the Gaṅgavāḍi, the Vāṇakappāḍi and the North Koṅgu portions which were not directly under the Pallava rule, even though the other script was slowly gaining preference." (T.N. Subramanian 1957: p. 1562).