Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t1.1

c20.s16.t1.1

| No. | Date ca. | Provenance & Description | Legend | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 1. | 1-2 cent. *A.D.* | Arikamedu. Fragment of a thick-walled vessel. | . . . **ṇ tevvai-tattai kōttūrā-aṉ** 'Tevvaitattai (< Skt. Dēvadatta) of the *gōtra* of . . . ṇ. | Found in French excavations. Govt. Museum, Pondicherry. P.Z.Pattabiramin 1946: Pl. XXI, No. 5. Wheeler *et al.* 1946: Fig. 47.19. I. Mahadevan 1973: No. III. **(Fig. 1.19 A)** |
| 2. | 1-2 cent. *A.D.* | Arikamedu. Fragment of the incurved rim of a dish. | **cāttaṉ-āvi-iṉ kōtiracaṉ ātiraiyạṉ** 'Ātiraiyaṉ, the *gōtraja* (descendant) of Cāttaṉ Āvi'. | Wheeler *et al.* 1946: Pl. XLI, 9. I. Mahadevan 1973: No. II. **(Fig. 1.19 B)** |
| 3. | 1st cent. *B.C.* | Uraiyur. Neck of a rimmed bowl. | **mu la ṇa pē ṟu a na tā ṇa ṟa ū mā ṇa** 'Antaṇaṉ, salt merchant of Mūlaṇpēṟu' (in the TB-I notation). | T.V. Mahalingam 1967: p. 311, Pl. 31. K.V. Raman (ed.) 1988: p. 73, Pl. 16. **(Fig. 1.19 C)** |
| 4. | 1st cent. *B.C.* | Kodumanal. Neck of a rimmed bowl. | **kā ṇa ṇa nā ṟa ā tā ṇa** 'Kaṇṇaṉ Ātaṉ' (in the TB-I notation). | Y. Subbarayalu, Catalogue of Pottery Inscriptions from Kodumanal 1996 (unpublished): No. 113. **(Fig. 1.20 A)** |
| 5. | 1st cent. *A.D.* | Alagankulam. Red slipped ware. | **patumaṉ-kōtai** 'Patumaṉ Kōtai' (in large stylised letters). | Natana Kasinathan 1997: pp. 69-72, Pl. IV, 8 (with a different reading). See section 4.5.5. **(Fig. 1.20 B)** |