[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) › c27.s3.1 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s3.1 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.1) As the language of the inscriptions is Tamil, it is possible to set up the following phonemic inventory based on a comparison with Literary Tamil (LT). - [Previous: c27.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s2.1) - [Next: c27.s3.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t1.1) - [Up: c27.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.1) · Pramāṇa