[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.s3.9 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s3.9 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s3.9 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.9) ² Incidentally, this analysis indicates that the Brāhmī script was designed initially for the Prakrit (Middle Indo-Aryan) languages and was adapted later for Sanskrit which employs final consonants freely as in \*yat\*, \*tat\*, etc. - [Previous: c26.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.8) - [Next: c26.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.10) - [Up: c26.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s3.9) · Pramāṇa