Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s11.3
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s11.3
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The TB-III (*puḷḷi*) system appears for the first time in ca. 2nd century A.D. at Anaimalai. The *puḷḷi* occurs rarely in the beginning, but gradually increases in numbers till it virtually becomes (with only a couple of exceptions) the exclusive notation in the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu Period (ca. 5-6 centuries A.D.). The chronological sequence of medial vowel notations in the Early Tamil inscriptions in the Corpus is illustrated in the bar-chart (Fig. 6.⁴). The frequency and chronological distribution of the notations are shown in Table 6.².