Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s5.t1.1
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s5.t1.1
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The other most outstanding discovery of the period comes from Arachalur. The musical notations in the Arachalur cave inscriptions,⁴ assigned to ca. 4th century A.D. on palaeographic grounds, are the earliest epigraphic evidence for the cultivation of music and dance in the Tamil country.⁵ The inscriptions are also important from the palaeographic point of view as they mark the end of the Tamil-Brāhmī period and anticipate the emergence of the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu script from Tamil-Brāhmī during 5th-6th centuries A.D.