[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.s5.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s5.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.3) In addition to the above, two letters from the Brāhmī script, viz., \*dh\* and \*s\* occur marginally in loanwords from Indo-Aryan in the Early Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions.² - [Previous: c25.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.2) - [Next: c25.s6.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s6.t1.1) - [Up: c25.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s5.3) · Pramāṇa