[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.s3.59 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.59 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.59 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.59) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.47. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | On the massive rock rising above the narrow passage on the northern face of the Rockfort hill; too weather-worn and faint to produce a legible estampage, but clearly visible to the naked eye. See section 1.8.1 (ii) and Fig. 1.15. | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 1 | | \*\*Length\*\* | 36 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 5th century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | M. Nalini 1993: p. 50. I. Mahadevan 1997b: pp. 70-75 (with Pl.). | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | The two basic consonants are marked by the \*puḷḷi\* placed to the left of the respective letters. | - [Previous: c28.s3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.58) - [Next: c28.s3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.60) - [Up: c28.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.59) · Pramāṇa