Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c6.s1.3

c6.s1.3

Much the same numeral figures appear to have been in use in the Cera kingdom at the end of the fifth century A. D. In the Mercara Plates (ii. line 9) ∞ “sahasranāḍu” occurs[^3). This is left unexplained by those who have attempted this inscription, but the figure is evidently a slight variation of the Cave numeral 10, and the words thus should be read “daçasahasranāḍu”; the ‘ten-thousand’ being a division of the country, and probably referring to the tribute paid by it.