Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t2.1
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t2.1
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| No. | Metal | Dynasty/King | Date ca. | Obverse | Reverse | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 1. | Copper | Pāṇḍiya. Peruvaluti | 2nd cent. B.C. | Horse to l. with other symbols. Bi-lingual legends: *pe ru va ḷu ti* *pe ru v[a] ḷu ti sa* | Stylised double fish symbol. | R. Krishnamurthy 1987: No. 1; 1997a: No. 8. Acc. to him, the Tamil legend is repeated twice on the obv., and the ending *-sa* is a symbol (triskle), but see M.D. Sampath 1988. |
| 2. | Copper | Pāṇḍiya. Peruvaluti | 2nd cent. B.C. | Horse to l. *pe ru va ḷu ti* | Stylised double fish symbol. | R. Krishnamurthy 1987: No. 2; 1997a: No. 9. See section 4.2.2 on Nos. 1 & 2. (**Fig. 1.22 A**) from A. Seetharaman's collection. |
| 3. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Cock to r. | Svastikā symbol. *ma ha cā ta a ṇa* (*mahā-cāttaṇ*) | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 17. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. I. P. Pushparatnam 2001: chapter 3, No. 4. Reading in Pushparatnam followed here. |
| 4. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Floral design | Floral design. *ka pa ti ka ta la a ṇa* (*kapati kaṭalaṇ*) | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 20. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. II. See section 4.6.9. |
| 5. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Floral design | Svastikā symbol. *u ti ra ṇa* (*uttiraṇ*) | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 21. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. III. See section 4.19.5(iv). |
| 6. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Wheel motif | Floral design. *t[i] sa pi ṭā ṇa* [*tissa piṭṭaṇ*] | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 37. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. IV. (See this paper on S.Nos. 3 to 6). |
| 7. | Copper | Cēra. Irumporai line | 1st cent. A.D. | A standing personage under a *tōraṇa* and other symbols. *kol-i-p-puṟai* (kolli puṟai) 'Poṟai of Kolli'. | Bow and arrow and other symbols. | R. Nagaswamy 1995: pp. 9-10, Pl. facing p. 106. R. Krishnamurthy 1997a: No. 173. (**Fig. 1.22 B**) from A. Seetharaman's collection. |