[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.s8.8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s8.8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s8.8 - **Language:** English ### [c25.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s8.8) According to Bühler, the Brāhmī script was written in the earliest period "both from the right to the left and from the left to the right".² His theory, based on a reversed coin-legend from Eran, is nowadays not generally accepted especially as coin-legends are notoriously prone to reversal. The Minor Rock Edicts of Asoka at Erragudi,³ which have irregularly engraved lines running in both directions, are very crudely executed and cannot be relied upon to indicate a supposedly earlier trend of right to left writing of Brāhmī. - [Previous: c25.s8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s8.7) - [Next: c25.s8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s8.9) - [Up: c25.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c25.s8.8) · Pramāṇa