Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t8.146

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c28.s1.t8.146

| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.16. Estampage: Pl. 15A. |
| **Locus** | The first segment (from left) in the continuous line at the head of the lower row of stone beds in the cave. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 41 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 45-f / 1908; *ARE* 865-69/1917. (Even though the four inscriptions on the lower row of stone beds (Nos. *30-33*) were discovered only in 1917, they have subsequently been clubbed with *ARE* 45/1908 and cannot now be reconciled with the five numbers in 865-69/1917.) |
| | *ARE* 1917-18: Pl. facing p. 6. IM:23/1966. |
| | CNR:VIII-A (pp. 371-372); HKS:VIII-A (pp. 342-343); *HTS*:6.7 (pp. 48-49, 78-82); |
| | KVS:XI-1 (p. 298); KZ:8-A (p. 22); MSV:12.1 (pp. 102-109); RN:5.6 (pp. 56-57); |
| | RPS:19 (pp. 163-197); TVM:10.1 (pp. 258-266, Pl. 17 top). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | HKS reads *pō* and KVS *po*. |
| 2. | The lower part of the letter is damaged. HKS and KVS also read *ū*. |
| 3. | HKS and KVS read *tā* and then supply *nā*/*ṇa* after it respectively. |
| 4. | Cf. *antai*, masc. honorific suffix (with the nasal omitted). Cf. *atai-* (No. *56*). See also n.9, No. 3. |