[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.s3.74 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.74 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.74 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.74) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.48A. Estampage: Pl. 46A. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | Inscription at right on the rock floor of the narrow passage on the northern face of the hill. | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 2 | | \*\*Length\*\* | L. 1: 24 cm.; L. 2: 10 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 5th century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | \*ARE\* 136\[B\]/1937-38. | | | TVM:(pp. 306-307). | | | I. Mahadevan 1997b: pp. 70-75 (with Pl.). | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | The medial short -e is marked by the \*puḷḷi\*. | | 2. | All the basic consonants have the \*puḷḷi\*. | - [Previous: c28.s3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.73) - [Next: c28.s3.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t1.1) - [Up: c28.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.74) · Pramāṇa