[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.s2.5 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s2.5 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.5) Chart 3. \*\*Origin and evolution of additional letters in Tamil-Brāhmī:\*\* The chart¹ illustrates the origin of the four additional letters viz., \*ḻ\*, \*ḷ\*, \*ṟ\* and \*ṉ\* in Tamil-Brāhmī. The forms are normalised to show the mode of formation from Brāhmī and the main stages in the evolution of the letters. - [Previous: c25.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.4) - [Next: c25.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.6) - [Up: c25.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s2.5) · Pramāṇa