[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) › c31.55 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.55 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.55 - **Language:** English ### [c31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.55) Tamil (language) 3, 7, 8, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 69, 70, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 85, 94, 101, 102, 103, 107, 108, 112, 115, 120, 129, 145, 148, 160, 162, 167, 168, 169, 177, 182, 194, 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 213, 214, 226, 245, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 286, 287, 294, 301 hybrid Tamil 102 Literary Tamil 85, 111, 114, 239, 251, 253, 300 Old Tamil 73, 75, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 196, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 256 phonemic inventory 253 phonology (phonetic pattern) 109, 250 syntax 301 - [Previous: c31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.54) - [Next: c31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.56) - [Up: c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.55) · Pramāṇa