Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s3.10
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s3.10
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c25.s3.10
The claim has a curious parallel in similar claims based on the high antiquity of Vedic literature for the existence of writing in Sanskrit from the earliest times.⁴ Such claims fail to make a clear distinction between the language and the script. All languages of the world are far older than the scripts devised for recording them.