[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.s8.t3.7 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t3.7 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t3.7 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s8.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t3.7) Note the addition of the prothetic vowel \*i-\* before the loanword commencing with the liquid consonant \*r-\* - [Previous: c28.s8.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t3.6) - [Next: c28.s8.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t4.1) - [Up: c28.s8.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t3.7) · Pramāṇa