Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c9.s2.11

c9.s2.11

5. **Inscriptions recording the erection of resting-places.** In Malabar, charitable people often erect two stone pillars about five feet high, and place a flat slab on them; this is intended for the convenience of people who carry burdens on their heads, and who can thus rest on their way; if they had to place their loads on the ground, they could not lift them again without help. The name of the persons who have had such stones erected is generally found inscribed on them.