[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.s3.8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s3.8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.8) Note the absence of final consonants and how the only mute consonant is combined with the next syllable to form the \*samyuktākshara\* (\*kya\*).² - [Previous: c26.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.7) - [Next: c26.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.9) - [Up: c26.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.8) · Pramāṇa