Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s15.6

c21.s15.6

² Arrangements for transport and erection of the scaffolding were made by N. Mahalingam, Chairman, Sakthi Group. M. K.Thangavelu, civil engineer, rejoined the team and made the tracings. The 'Madurai Group' (C. Bose, S. Rajagopal, C. Santhalingam and V. Vedachalam from the office of the TNSA at Madurai), accompanied me to almost all the sites. A. Seetharaman, Thanjavur, was my Research Assistant during the field trips. M.D. Sampath, Chief Epigraphist, ASI, and Natana Kasinathan, Director of Archaeology, Tamil Nadu, accompanied the team to some of the caves.