[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) › c9.5 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c9.5 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c9.5 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c9.5) | Table 7.1. | Distribution of consonants in the Early Tamil inscriptions in the Corpus. | 260 | | Table 7.2. | Distribution of consonant-vowels in the Early Tamil inscriptions in the Corpus. | 262 | | Table 7.3. | Syllabic structure of stems in the Early Tamil inscriptions in the Corpus. | 282 | | Table 7.4. | Number-gender classification in Tamil. | 284 | - [Previous: c9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c9.4) - [Next: c10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c10.1) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c9.5) · Pramāṇa