[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.s5.7 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s5.7 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.7) The Mangulam inscriptions (Nos. \*1-6\*) are typical examples of the Tamil-Brāhmī script with the TB-I notation. It is difficult to explain why a separate marker for the medial \*-ā\* was not evolved in this system as at Bhattiprolu. The ambiguity in this system was removed in the Bhattiprolu script with the invention of a separate marker for the medial \*-ā\* vowel. - [Previous: c26.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.6) - [Next: c26.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s6.1) - [Up: c26.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.7) · Pramāṇa