[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.s3.68 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.68 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.68 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.68) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.48A. Estampage: Pl. 45B. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | Inscription at left on the rock floor of the narrow passage on the northern face of the hill. | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 1 | | \*\*Length\*\* | 32 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 5th century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | ARE 136\[A\]/1937-38. | | | TVM: (pp. 306-307). | | | I. Mahadevan 1997b: pp. 70-75. | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | The medial short \*-e\* is marked by the \*puḷḷi\*. | | 2. | All the basic consonants have the \*puḷḷi\*. | - [Previous: c28.s3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.67) - [Next: c28.s3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.69) - [Up: c28.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.68) · Pramāṇa