[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.s3.t2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s3.t2: 4.2.2 Peruvaḻuti Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s3.t2 - **Language:** English ### 4.2.2 Peruvaḻuti ### [c23.s3.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s3.t2.1) Copper coins with the legend \*pe ru vā ḷu ti\* (Peruvaḻuti) discovered by Krishnamurthy confirm the historicity of another Early Pāṇṭiya king.⁶ The 'circular top' form of \*ḻ\* and the presence of the TB-I notation provide evidence to date this coin in the Early Period (ca. 2nd century B.C.). ### [c23.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s3.t2.2) ⁶ See Nos. 1 & 2, Table 1.6 and Fig. 1.22 A. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c23.s3.t2) · Pramāṇa