Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s3.7
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s3.7
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Some Tamil scholars deny that the Tamil scripts are derived from Brāhmī. According to them, the high antiquity of the Tamil language and culture presupposes the existence of writing from very ancient times. I shall cite only one example of this view from the authoritative and highly influential *History of Tamil Literature* by Varadarajan:³