[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.t7.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t7.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s8.t7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t7.3) It is interesting that the Vaṭṭeḻuttu script was also popularly known as \*nāna-mōṉa\* from \*na-mō\*, the first two letters of the invocation \*namōttu\* with which the children's primer for teaching the Tamil alphabet commenced (T.A. Gopinatha Rao in \*TAS\*.I, reprint 1988:p. 395, note 1). - [Previous: c28.s8.t7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t7.2) - [Next: c28.s8.t7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t7.4) - [Up: c28.s8.t7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t7) ## Cites (1) - [Travancore Archaeological Series](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.tas) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t7.3) · Pramāṇa