Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s2.t1.17

c20.s2.t1.17

There are four caves on the Kalugumalai hill (Fig. 1.¹), three of them at a higher level spread from south to north, and the fourth one at a lower level. The inscriptions in the upper caves are engraved on the brow of the boulders, and the one in the lower cave on its rear wall. The upper southern cave called the 'kitchen' has the longest inscription (*ARE 465/06*) of the site. The upper middle cave called the *paḷḷi-k-kūṭam* 'school' has two short inscriptions (461 & 462). The upper northern cave has a long inscription engraved in two segments (463-464) with only a small gap in between. The lower cave has another long inscription (460).⁷