Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s8.5

c25.s8.5

(c) Two more inscriptions, one at Kilavalavu (No. *10*) and the other at Kunnakkudi (No. *74*) are engraved on the brow of the caves. It appears that in these cases also the scribes intended to engrave the inscriptions from right to left with the letters turned upside down so that the monks in the cave looking up at the inscriptions could read them normally. However, the scribes bungled the jobs. At Kilavalavu, the inscription is engraved from right to left, but some of the letters are not turned upside down as required. At Kunnakkudi, the letters are all turned upside down, but the inscription is engraved from left to right!