[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) › c26.s18.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s18.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s18.2 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s18.2) ¹ "The vowelled consonants (are) sometimes written not as one letter, but as two separate letters, with the consonant and the vowel side by side". (T.N. Subramanian 1957: p. 1509). - [Previous: c26.s18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s18.1) - [Next: c26.s18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s18.3) - [Up: c26.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s18.2) · Pramāṇa