[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) › c23.s12.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s12.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s12.2 - **Language:** English ### [c23.s12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s12.2) | No. of Early Jaina inscriptions in the Corpus | | | | | | Region | Early (ca. 2-1 cent. B.C.) | Middle (ca. 1-3 cent. A.D.) | Late (ca. 4-6 cent. A.D.) | Total | | Pāṇṭiya | 53 | 10 | 7 | 70 | | Cēra | 1 | 13 | 3 | 17 | | Toṇṭai | -- | 2 | 3 | 5 | | Cōḻa | -- | 1 | 3 | 4 | | Total | 54 | 26 | 16 | 96 | - [Previous: c23.s12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s12.1) - [Next: c23.s12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s12.3) - [Up: c23.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s12.2) · Pramāṇa