Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s2.t2.18

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⁴ The vandalism had started right from the discovery of the cave. Hultzsch noted, "To the right of the second line, [photograph] No. 1. shows the signature of a certain C. Kannan in modern Malayalam characters". Fawcett added drily, "In reference to the above remarks, I may note that the C. Kannan was the work of one of my own men" (Fawcett 1901: p. 412). Mercifully, the said C. Kannan did not engrave his name over the inscriptions, a fate which later befell *ARE* 123 / 1897 (estampage No. 4 in Fawcett 1901).