Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s14.t3.3

c20.s14.t3.3

The excavations have yielded 20 inscribed sherds from Period I levels.⁶ The inscriptions, mostly fragmentary, are in Tamil and incised on black and red ware, russet-coated painted ware and red polished ware. Rouletted ware assigned to the 1st century a.d. appears in the levels immediately above the inscribed sherds. On the basis of stratigraphy, associated pottery and palaeographic evidence, the inscribed sherds are dated to the 1st century b.c.