Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c5.8

c5.8

The widespread occurrence of pottery inscriptions in Tamil-Brāhmī has added a new dimension to the study of Early Tamil epigraphy. They are important not merely for firming up the chronology of Tamil-Brāhmī through archaeological evidence, but also for demonstrating that Tamil-Brāhmī had taken deep roots all over the Tamil countryside well before the turn of the Christian Era creating a literate society which would before