Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s3.6

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This orthographic system suited the Prakrit languages perfectly as they did not have basic consonants (except the *anusvāra*) in final position. To illustrate, we may look at the first two lines of the text of the famous Rummindei Pillar Edict of Asoka marking the sacred spot where the Buddha was born:¹