[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.t8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t8: Pugalur - 8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t8 - **Language:** English ### Pugalur - 8 ### [c28.s2.t8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t8.1) | \*\*68.\*\* | \*\*A.\*\* | \*\*. . . a ti ṭa ṭā ṇa ma\*\* | | | \*\*B.\*\* | . . . \*atiṭṭānam\*¹ | | | | . . . அதிட்டானம் | | | | The seat . . . | ### [c28.s2.t8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t8.2) ¹ Only the last word of the inscription has survived. ### [c28.s2.t8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t8.3) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.33. Estampage: Pl. 31. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | On the second stone bed outside the cave. The top layer of the rock floor has sheared off carrying away most of the inscription. | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 1 | | \*\*Length\*\* | Approximately 28 cm. (extant). | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 3rd century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | \*ARE\* 341/1927-28. IM:62/1966. | | | RN:16.5 (pp. 66-74); TVM: 14-II (pp. 279-284, Pl. 24 top). | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | Only the last word of the inscription has survived. | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t8) · Pramāṇa