[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) › c31.56 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.56 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.56 - **Language:** English ### [c31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.56) Tamil (script) 3, 16, 29, 80, 85, 87, 106, 168, 170, 171, 172, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213-14, 215, 247, 251, 253, 263 emergence of Tamil script 213 origin of writing in Tamil 169-73 Tamil characters in Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscrs. 214 - [Previous: c31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.55) - [Next: c31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.57) - [Up: c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.56) · Pramāṇa