Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.39
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.39
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| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.46. Estampage: Pl. 45A (Nos. *105-106*, left segment). |
| **Locus** | First inscription (from left) in the lower line. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 130 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 5th century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* B. 338 [E]/1992-93. |
| | S. Rajavelu 1995b:No. 4 (with eye copy). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | To be read as *ca*, in spite of the 'tail' and not *cu*. See n.7, No. *55*. |
| 2. | All the basic consonants are marked by the *puḷḷi*. |
| 3. | A vertical dividing line is engraved between this and the next inscription (No. *106*). |
| 4. | A place name. Cf. LT *cem*- 'good', *pukal* 'sanctuary'. |