[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c20.s7.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s7.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s7.2 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s7.2) ¹ The stone beds are locally known as \*Pañcapāṇṭavar paṭukkai\* 'beds of the Five Pāṇḍavas', an allusion to the southern sojourn of the Pāṇḍavas in exile. - [Previous: c20.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s7.1) - [Next: c20.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s7.3) - [Up: c20.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s7.2) · Pramāṇa