Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s18.3

c26.s18.3

² Ibid. Figs. 7a & b. The first example *y ū* is probably from the Karungalakkudi inscription (No. 34) in which the place name *eḷaiy-ūr* is written as two words. His second example *ṭ ā* (sic) is probably taken from *atiṭ-aṇam* (read *atiṭ-āṇam*) in the Sittannavasal-A inscription (No. 49) in which the pause serves the same function as doubling of consonants (*atiṭṭāṇam*). These are not cases of alphabetic writing.