[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) › c5.8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c5.8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c5.8 - **Language:** English ### [c5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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 - [Previous: c5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c5.7) - [Next: c6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6.1) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c5.8) · Pramāṇa