[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) › c28.12 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.12 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.12 - **Language:** English ### [c28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.12) \*\*Literal transcript:\*\* Each inscription is first presented in a literal transcription (marked \*\*A\*\* and printed in \*\*bold\*\*) to record what is actually engraved on the stone. The transcription is given \*akshara\* by \*akshara\* (with spaces in between) without any correction, emendation or restoration. The \*aksharas\* are read according to Brāhmī orthography; the 'inherent'-a medial vowel is made explicit in every case, and the vowel-lengths are transcribed as in Brāhmī inscriptions. However, the length of \*e\* and \*o\* is considered indeterminate at this stage. - [Previous: c28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.11) - [Next: c28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.13) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.12) · Pramāṇa