Early South Indian Palaeography c4.1

c4.1

| | | PAGE |
| FOREWORD | ... | v |
| PREFACE | ... | vii |
| ABBREVIATIONS | ... | xvi |
| CHAPTER I | | |
| INTRODUCTORY | ... | 1 |
| APPENDIX : | | |
| Rock Paintings and Engravings in India | ... | 40 |
| II Origin of Writing in India | ... | 43 |
| APPENDIX : | | |
| The Indus Script | ... | 87 |
| III A. Antiquity of Writing in India | ... | 97 |
| B. Antiquity of Writing in South India | ... | 110 |
| IV The Language of the Brāhmī Inscriptions | ... | 127 |
| V The Authors of the Inscriptions | ... | 161 |
| APPENDIX : | | |
| Date of the Inscriptions | ... | 193 |
| VI The Brāhmī Inscriptions in the Tamil Country-- | | |
| 1. Ariṭṭāpaṭṭi | ... | 201 |
| 2. Karuṅgāḷakkuḍi | ... | 212 |
| 3. Kīḻavaḷavu | ... | 214 |
| 4. Marugāḷtalai | ... | 219 |
| 5. Koṅgarpuliyaṅkuḷam | ... | 225 |
| 6. Vikkiramangalam | ... | 232 |