Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t18.51

c28.s2.t18.51

| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.43. Estampage: Pl. 42. |
| **Locus** | At the head of a stone bed on the bare summit of a large boulder locally known as Nilāppāṟai, situated to the right forefront of the cave (Rājākkaḷ Pāṟai). The inscription is enclosed within a three-sided rectangular border with the bottom side open. Weather-beaten but legible. |
| **No. of Lines** | 2 |
| **Length** | L. 1:31 cm.; L. 2:26 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd cent. AD. |
| **Publ.** | *The New Indian Express*, Chennai, December 21, 2000 (with Pl.). |
| | C. Chandiravanan and Senthil Selvakumaran 2002: pp. 1-3 (with Pl.). |