[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) › c3.1 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c3.1 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c3.1) | | Page | | \*Preface\* | ix | | \*Introduction\* | xi | | \*Acknowledgements\* | xiii | | \*Credits for illustrations\* | xvi | | \*Detailed table of contents\* | xviii | | \*List of tables\* | xxix | | \*List of maps and charts\* | xxx | | \*List of figures\* | xxxi | | \*List of tracings of inscriptions (Figures)\* | xxxiii | | \*List of estampages of inscriptions (Plates)\* | xxxiv | | \*Abbreviations\* | xxxv | | \*Scheme of transliteration and diacritical marks\* | xxxviii | | \*Table of conventional symbols\* | xxxix | | \*\*Part One: Early Tamil Inscriptions\*\* | | | 1. Discovery | 3 | | 2. Decipherment | 69 | | 3. Language | 101 | | 4. Polity | 115 | | \*\*Part Two: Studies in Early Tamil Epigraphy\*\* | | | 5. Palaeography | 167 | | 6. Orthography | 225 | | 7. Grammar | 253 | | \*\*Part Three: Corpus of Early Tamil Inscriptions\*\* | | | Corpus (with tracings of inscriptions) | 309 | | Estampages of inscriptions | 483 | | Commentary | 539 | | Appendices | 641 | | \*\*Bibliography\*\* | 685 | | \*\*General Index\*\* | 705 | - [Previous: c2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.13) - [Next: c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c4.1) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c3.1) · Pramāṇa