Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.31

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Footnotes appearing on the same page under each inscription deal with variant readings, state of preservation of individual *aksharas*, comparison of inscriptional forms with those of Literary Tamil (LT) and minimal additional explanations considered necessary for an understanding of the inscriptions. Literary and inscriptional citations and further detailed studies of the inscriptions will be found in the Commentary. References are also made to sections in Chapters 1-7 for discussion on significant items.