Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t16.39
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t16.39
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| **ILL.** | Estampage: Pl. 37 (Nos. *81-82*, left segment). |
| **Locus** | The third inscription on the north rock wall of the cave. The inscription has been obliterated by modern graffiti scribbled over it on the soft rock. Edited from the estampage by E. Hultzsch published in Fawcett 1901. See section 1.2.2 and Fig. 1.3. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | See scale in Fawcett 1901. |
| **Date** | ca. 3rd century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 123 [A]/1897. *SII*. VI:No. 77 [A]. |
| | F. Fawcett 1901:Estampage No. 4 (left); Pl. VI, Fig. 1 (left). |
| | I. Mahadevan and S. Swaminathan 1998: pp. 20-29. I. Mahadevan 1999: pp. 1-19 (with Pl.). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | Cf. *bhūti* (Skt.). |
| 2. | Read *vīra*. |