Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.12

c28.12

**Literal transcript:** Each inscription is first presented in a literal transcription (marked **A** and printed in **bold**) to record what is actually engraved on the stone. The transcription is given *akshara* by *akshara* (with spaces in between) without any correction, emendation or restoration. The *aksharas* are read according to Brāhmī orthography; the 'inherent'-a medial vowel is made explicit in every case, and the vowel-lengths are transcribed as in Brāhmī inscriptions. However, the length of *e* and *o* is considered indeterminate at this stage.