Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s13.t1.1
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s13.t1.1
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c26.s13.t1.1
| Apparent reading | Actual reading |
| **(i) With TB-I notation** | |
| **pe ru vā ḷu ti** | ***peruvaḷuti* (Early Pāṇṭiya)**¹ |
| **ka ṭā la a ṇa** | ***kaṭalaṉ* (coin from Sri Lanka)**² |
| **ū ti rā ṇa** | ***u(t)tiraṉ* (coin from Sri Lanka)**³ |
| **pi ṭā ṇa** | ***pi(ṭ)ṭaṉ* (coin from Sri Lanka)**⁴ |
| **(ii) With the *puḷḷi*** | |
| | ***vāciṭṭi makaṉ* (portrait coins of the Sātavāhanas; the *puḷḷi* is placed next to -*ṭ*-).**⁵ |
| | ***atiṇṇaṉ etirāṉ cēntaṉ* (coin from Andippatti; the short vowel *e* has a *puḷḷi* inside).**⁶ |
| | ***kuṭṭuvaṉ kōtai* (Early Cēra; with two *puḷḷi* marks, one of them incorrectly placed).**⁷ |