Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t8.140
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t8.140
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c28.s1.t8.140
| **Ill.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.16. Estampage: Pl. 14. |
| **Locus** | On the fifth stone bed in the upper row. The inscription is disfigured by later overwriting. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 49 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 45-e/1908; *ARE* 1911-12:Pl. facing p. 50. IM:22/1966. |
| | CNR:VIII-H (pp. 371-372); HKS:VIII-H (pp. 342-343); *HTS*:6.5 (pp. 48-49, 78-82); |
| | KVS:XI-7 & 8 (p. 298); KZ:8-G (p. 22); MSV:12.8 (pp. 102-109); RN:5.5 (pp. 56-57); |
| | RPS:18 (pp. 163-197); TVM:10.8 (pp. 258-266, Pl. 18 middle right). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | The composite name signifies Cantaṉ, son of Cantantai. Father and son had the same name, distinguished only by the addition of *-antai*, an honorific suffix to father's name. See also n.9, No. 3 and n.3, No. 66. |