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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s4.1

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s4.1

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c25.s4.1

Tamil-Brāhmī is derived from Brāhmī. Compare Palaeographic Charts 1 and 2 showing the standard forms of Brāhmī and Tamil-Brāhmī scripts respectively. The evidence, which is quite conclusive, may be briefly summarised as follows: