Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t8.177

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c28.s1.t8.177

| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.17. Estampage: Pl. 15A. |
| **Locus** | The fourth and last segment in the continuous line at the head of the lower row of stone beds. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 43 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 45-j/1908; *ARE* 865-69/1917 (see remarks in No. *30*); *ARE* 1917-18:Pl. facing p. 6. IM:26/1966. CNR:VIII-D (pp. 371-372); HKS: VIII-D (pp. 342-343); *HTS*: 6.6 (pp. 48-49, 78-82); KVS:XI-3 (p. 298); KZ: 8-C (p. 22); MSV:12.3 (pp. 102-109); RN:5.9 (pp. 56-57); RPS:21 (pp. 163-197); TVM:10.4 (pp. 258-266, Pl. 17 bottom). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | HKS reads *ṭō* and KVS *ṭa*. On verification *in situ*, the letter is found to be *ṭi*. |
| 2. | *tiṭṭi-il*, a place name. Cf. LT *tiṭṭi* 'raised ground'. The final *-a* is the genitive suffix. Cf. *tiṭi* (*tiṭṭi*) (No. *58*). |
| 3. | The inscription records the collective gift (of stone beds in the cave) by the village. See also Nos. *35*, *76*, and *101* for collective gifts by villages. |