[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.s3.39 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.39) | \*\*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'. | - [Previous: c28.s3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.38) - [Next: c28.s3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.40) - [Up: c28.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.arie) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.39) · Pramāṇa