Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s20.t5.1

One of the donors in an inscription from Alagarmalai (No. *36*, ca. 1st century B.C.) is described as *poṉ-kolvaṉ* (LT *poṉ-kollaṉ*) 'goldsmith'.²