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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s25.t1.5

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s25.t1.5

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c23.s25.t1.5

I may add that one could see the influence of Greco-Roman lapidary in the portrayal which is still essentially South Indian in its ethos and idiom. As far as I know, this is the only known example of the 'royal art' (as distinguished from 'folk art') to have survived from the Caṅkam Age.