Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t3.1

c20.s16.t3.1

| No. | Metal | Date ca. | Provenance & Description | Legend | References & Remarks *(Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold)* |
| 1. | Silver(?) | 2nd cent. B.C. | Anaikoddai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A square seal with reversed writing in two lines. Three megalithic symbols in the upper line. A Tamil-Brāhmī legend in the lower line. | *kō vē (cē?) ta* 'king/ chief Vēta (or Cēta)'. | K. Indrapala 1981,1987. P. Raghupathy 1987: pp. 199-204. I. Mahadevan 1994b: pp. 136-155, Pl. 1. See section 5.18.4 on the symbols in the upper line. (**Fig. 5.14**) |
| 2. | Silver | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. A square seal with *śrīvatsa* and other symbols; legend directly incised. | *ku rā vā ṉa* *(kuravaṇ)* 'a member of the Kuravar clan'. | A. Seetharaman 1994: No. 6. See section 4.18.1 (iii). (**Fig. 1.23 A**) |
| 3. | Terracotta | 1st cent. B.C. | Kadathur (Dharmapuri Dt.). A circular seal directly incised in bold characters. | *pā rā ta ṉa* *(parataṇ)* 'a member of the Paratar clan.' | P. B. Venkataraman 1991. TNSA collection. See section 4.18.1 (v). (**Fig. 1.23 B**) |
| 4. | Bronze | 1st cent. A.D. | Karur. A conical seal with a flat circular face. *Indra-dhvaja* in front of a galloping horse in the field. | No legend. | A. Seetharaman 1994: No. 7. I. Mahadevan 1993: pp. 435-445, Fig. 39.7. See section 4.19.3 (v). |
| 5. | Stone | 3-4 cent. A.D. | Khuan Luk Pat (Thailand). A touchstone with legend directly incised. | *perumpataṉ kal* 'the (touch) stone of Perumpattaṉ'. | P. Shanmugam 1993: pp 81-84, Pl. facing p. 106. I. Mahadevan 1994b: pp. 136-155. Pl. 6. (**Fig. 1.24 E**) |