Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s7.9
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s7.9
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⁶ E.g., the cave inscription at Marukaltalai (No. **14**) in which some of the letters reach almost 40 cm. in height. The scribe apparently used the cubit (*muḻam*) for measuring, which is ' the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger' (*TL*).