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Some evidence suggests Tamil could be over 10,000 years old, and the oldest known written records date back to the 3rd century BCE. The Archaeological Survey of India has found about 60,000 Tamil inscriptions in Tamil Nadu, including epigraphic records on rock edicts and "hero stones". Tamil also has the oldest extant literature among Dravidian languages.
This is a list of archaeological artefacts and epigraphs which have Tamil inscriptions. Of the approximately 100,000 inscriptions found by the Archaeological Survey of India (2005 report) in India, about 60,000 were in Tamil Nadu[1
==Characteristics==
[[File:Evolution of Vatteluttu and Tamil scripts.gif|thumb|350px|Diverging evolution of [[Tamil-Brahmi]] script (center column) into the [[Vatteluttu alphabet]] (leftmost column) and the Tamil script (rightmost column)]]
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