Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t12.48
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t12.48
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c28.s1.t12.48
| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.25. Estampage: Pl. 23. |
| **Locus** | On the front side of the raised stone bed abutting the rear wall of the upper cave on the western slope of the hill; inscribed from right to left and upside down. The illustrations are printed in the normal orientation. See section 5.8 on direction of writing. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 59 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 1st century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | ARE B.142/1951-52 (with Pl.). IM:48/1966. |
| | *HTS*:12.2 (pp. 55, 87-88); MSV: 16.3 (p. 130); RN: 12.2 (pp. 63-64); |
| | RPS:34 (pp. 163-197); TVM:9-C (pp. 251-257, Pl. 16 bottom). |
| | C. Bose 1981:pp. 119-126. |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | The presence of two medial strokes of the letter **tū** was detected by V. Vedachalam when our team cleaned the rock surface to copy the inscription again in 1992. |
| 2. | *koṭuppittavaṉ*. |
| 3. | 'the stone bed' is understood from the context. |