Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s25.t2.1
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s25.t2.1
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c23.s25.t2.1
An inscription at Arachalur (No. *85*, ca. 4th century A.D.) refers to the composing of musical notations by Tēvaṉ Cāttaṉ. The adjoining inscriptions (Nos. *86* & *87*) provide two charts consisting of the syllables *ta*, *tā*, *tē* and *tai* (No. *86*) and *kai*, *ta* and *tai* (No. *87*) arranged symmetrically in a square format, each with five rows and columns. The charts appear to contain syllables uttered in music accompanying dance.