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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t10.5

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t10.5

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c28.s2.t10.5

| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.34. Estampage: Pl. 32. |
| **Locus** | On the fourth stone bed outside the cave. |
| **No. of lines** | 2 |
| **Length** | L. 1:37 cm.; L. 2:42 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 3rd century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 345 [A]/1927-28. IM:63/1966. |
| | *HTS*:15.7 (pp. 57-62); RN:16.6 & 16.7 (pp. 66-74); |
| | *TVM*:14-VI (1) (pp. 279-284, Pl. 25, 2nd from top; segment at left). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | These two letters were identified by V. Vedachalam and C. Santhalingam when we copied the inscription again in 1992. |
| 2. | RN reads *tē*. |
| 3. | TVM and RN read *nā*. |
| 4. | Cf. LT *eṇṇey*, (inscr.) *eṇṇai* 'oil'. |
| 5. | Read *-vāṇikaṉ*. |
| 6. | Read *veṇi* (*veṇṇi*), a personal name. Cf. *ven* (*veṇ*) in No. 20. Cf. LT *veṉṟi*, Ma. *venni* 'victory'. See n.5, No. 20. |