[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) › c28.13 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.13 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.13 - **Language:** English ### [c28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.13) The objectives of the literal transcription are to record the original inscriptions with fidelity, to provide a point of departure from the more familiar Brāhmī script and to demonstrate the differences between the Brāhmī and Tamil-Brāhmī orthographic systems. - [Previous: c28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.12) - [Next: c28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.14) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.13) · Pramāṇa