Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s2.10

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Charts 4 to 6 are each divided into three periods viz., Early Tamil-Brāhmī (ca. 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.), Late Tamil-Brāhmī (ca. 2nd-4th centuries A.D.) and Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu (ca. 5th and 6th centuries A.D.). The letters included in Charts 4 to 6 have been assembled by computer from direct tracings of the inscriptions in the Corpus. The numbers in italics printed below the letters refer to the inscriptions where the forms occur. Illustrations of the inscriptions may be referred to in case of forms not included in the charts.