Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s8.t5.5

c20.s8.t5.5

I published a revised reading of the inscription in 1965;³ but this has been superseded by the version published by Nagaswamy in 1972.⁴ The inscription records the name of the master mason (*peruntaccaṉ*) who excavated or made improvements to the rock-cut shrine. Thus the cave must be as old as, if not older than, the inscription found engraved on a smooth pilaster.