[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.s2.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s2.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.2) Chart 1. \*\*The Brāhmī script:\*\* The chart illustrates the earliest known forms of the letters of the Brāhmī script. These are based on the neat monumental forms of the Asokan Pillar Edicts; the few letters not found in the edicts are taken from the earliest available sources.⁶ - [Previous: c25.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.1) - [Next: c25.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.3) - [Up: c25.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.2) · Pramāṇa