Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s8.5

c26.s8.5

¹ K.G. Krishnan 1990: pp. 92-93. According to him, there is no need to distinguish between TB-II and III stages since the marking of dots over mute consonants is not uniformly observed; and since the *puḷḷi* is "an integral part of the system in Tamil, it is futile to argue that the Tamils or the authors of the cave inscriptions had to wait till the script came from the north".