[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.s8.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s8.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s8.3 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s8.3) The Nekanurpatti inscription (No. \*83\*) with all the nine basic consonants in it marked by the \*puḷḷi\* is a good example of the Tamil-Brāhmī script with the TB-III notation. The brief Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscription (No. \*102\*) at Sittannavasal-B, in which the basic consonants as well as the short medial \*-e\* and \*-o\* are marked with the \*puḷḷi\*, illustrates the fully developed \*puḷḷi\* notation. - [Previous: c26.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s8.2) - [Next: c26.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s8.4) - [Up: c26.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s8.3) · Pramāṇa