[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.s8.t2.2 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s8.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s8.t2.2) 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 - [Previous: c20.s8.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s8.t2.1) - [Next: c20.s8.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s8.t2.3) - [Up: c20.s8.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s8.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s8.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c20.s8.t2.2) · Pramāṇa