[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c28.s2.t4 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t4: Pugalur - 4 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t4 - **Language:** English ### Pugalur - 4 ### [c28.s2.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4.1) \*\*64. A.\*\* L. 1 \*\*. . . a ti\*\* L. 2 \*\*ṭa ṭā ṇa ṇa ma\*\* ### [c28.s2.t4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4.2) \*\*B.\*\* L. 1 \*\*. . . ati-\*\* L. 2 \*\*ṭṭāṇṇam\*\*¹ ### [c28.s2.t4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4.3) L. 1 . . . அதி L. 2 ட்டான‌னம் ### [c28.s2.t4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4.4) The seat . . . ### [c28.s2.t4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4.5) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.32. Estampage: Pl. 29. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | On the stone bed at right inside the cave; almost completely worn down to bare rock leaving only the last word visible. See Fig. 1.10. | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 2 | | \*\*Length\*\* | L. 1: approximately 8 cm. (extant); L. 2: 22 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | \*ca.\* 2nd century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | \*ARE\* 342 \[B\]/1927-28. IM: 61/1966. | | | \*HTS\*: 15. 6 (pp. 57-62); RN: 16.4 (pp. 66-74); | | | TVM: 14-III (right) (pp. 279-284; Pl. 24 middle). | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | Read \*atiṭṭāṉam\*. | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t4) · Pramāṇa