[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.s19.t3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s19.t3: 4.16.3 Commodities of trade Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s19.t3 - **Language:** English ### 4.16.3 Commodities of trade ### [c23.s19.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s19.t3.1) The commodities traded by the merchants mentioned in the inscriptions at Alagarmalai and Pugalur are as follows: ### [c23.s19.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s19.t3.2) | (i) | \*aṟuvai\* | : | 'cloth' | | (ii) | \*u(p)pu\* | : | 'salt' | | (iii) | \*eṇṇai\* (LT \*eṇṇey\*) | : : | 'oil' | | (iv) | \*koḻu\* | : | 'ploughshare' | | (v) | \*pāṇita(m)\* | : | 'gur' (unrefined sugar, molasses) | | (vi) | \*poṉ\* | : | 'gold' | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s19.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s19.t3) · Pramāṇa