Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t10.52

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c28.s1.t10.52

| **ILL.** | Tracings: Fig. 8.20. Estampages: Pls. 17 & 18. |
| **Locus** | On the brow of the cave, below the lower drip ledge; the third segment of the long line; (treated here as one inscription on the basis of connection in sequence in spite of the symbol occurring in the middle). |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 138 cm. (Nos. *38-40* Pt. i); 131 cm. (No. *40* Pt. ii). |
| **Date** | ca. 1st century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 70 Pt. iii & 71/1910; *ARE 1917-18*:incomplete estampage in Pl. facing p. 6. IM:34 Pt. ii & 35/1966. |
| | CNR:X-C Pt. ii & D (pp. 373-374); HKS:X-C Pt. ii & D (pp. 344-346); |
| | *HTS*: 10.3 Pt. iii & 10.4 (pp. 50-54, 80-87); KZ: 10-C Pt. ii & D (pp. 22-23); |
| | MSV:6.3 Pt. ii (p. 51) & 6.4 (p. 54); RN:9.5 Pt. ii & 9.6 (pp. 59-61); |
| | TVM:7-III Pt. ii & IV (pp. 236-244). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | Two symbols, one of them appearing in the middle of the inscription as judged from the sequence. See section 5.18. |
| 2. | HKS reads *mō*. |
| 3. | Cf. *kaṇa* (Sinh. Pkt.) < *karaṇa* (Skt.) 'scribe'; *atikaṇ* < *adhika* (Pkt.) 'superintendent, chief'. Cf. *kāl(a)tika* (No. 3). See section 4.6.8. |
| 4. | *kaṇakka*. Cf. (inscr.) *kaṇakaṉ*, *kaṇakkaṉ* 'accountant'. See n.3. |
| 5. | See No. *36* for another occurrence of this composite name. |