[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.s5.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s5.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.2) Vowels: \*a\* \*ā\* \*i\* \*ī\* \*u\* \*ū\* \*e\*/\*ē\* \*o\*/\*ō\* Consonants: \*k\* \*ṅ\* \*c\* \*ñ\* \*ṭ\* \*ṇ\* \*t\* \*n\* \*p\* \*m\* \*y\* \*r\* \*l\* \*v\* \*ḻ\* \*ḷ\* \*ṟ\* \*ṉ\* Medial vowel signs: \*-ā\* \*-i\* \*-ī\* \*-u\* \*-ū\* \*-e\*/\*-ē\* \*-ai\* \*-o\*/\*-ō\* and the \*puḷḷi\*.¹ - [Previous: c25.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.1) - [Next: c25.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.3) - [Up: c25.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.2) · Pramāṇa