Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s8.t2.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s8.t2.2
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An inscription in the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu script was discovered by the ASI in 1904 on the bare summit of a rocky outcrop (Fig. 1.16) at Tirunatharkunru near Senji (Gingee) in Viluppuram District.² The text and translation with an eye copy of the inscription were published by Gopinatha Rao in 1908.³ The inscription is an epitaph commemorating the death of Cantirananti, a Jaina monk, after 57 days of fasting.⁴