Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t4.1

c20.s16.t4.1

| No. | Metal | Date ca. | Provenance & Description | Legend | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 1. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. The figure of a young prince (prob. Bharata) battling a rearing lion in the field. Legend at l. along the rim. Directly incised. | *ti ya ṇa* (*tiyaṉ*) A personal name. | Edited from a photograph, courtesy Sankaran Raman. See sections 4.18.1(v) and 4.19.4 (i). I. Mahadevan and S. Raman 2002. (**Fig 1.23 C**) |
| 2. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend directly incised. | *ti yā ṇa ō tā lā ṇa* (*tiyaṉ ōtālāṉ*) A personal name. | TNSA collections. Natana Kasinathan 1994: No. 27. K. Sridharan & K. Arjunan 1992: p. 22 (with a different reading). For discussion on Tiyaṉ, see sections 4.81.1(v)and 4.19.4 (i). (**Fig 1.23 D**) |
| 3. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend directly incised. | *mi ti rā ṇa* (*mittiraṉ*) A personal name. | M. Rajasekhara Thangamani 1999: pp. 90-92 (not illustrated). Edited from a photograph, courtesy M.R. Thangamani. See section 4.19.3 (i). (**Fig 1.23 E**) |
| 4. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend flanked by two symbols and reversed as on a seal. | *ū pā ā ṇa* (*upa[c*?*]aṉ*) A title. | A. Seetharaman 1994: No. 2. The expression means 'a spiritual teacher'. See section 4.9.3 (iii). (**Fig 1.24 A**) |
| 5. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend directly incised. *nandipāda* symbol at r. end. | *a ri a mā ṇa* (*ariyamaṉ*) A personal name. | R. Krishnamurthy 1997b: pp. 41-43 (with a different reading). See section 4.19.3 (iii). |