[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.s3.8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.8) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.44. Estampage: Pl. 43. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | First inscription (from left) in the upper line on a rock wall inside the lower cave on the hill; engraved on soft rock, permanently damp and covered with thick moss. There are faint traces of an earlier (?) layer of inscriptions seen to the left of No. \*101\* and right of No. \*104\*. See section 1.8.1(i). | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 1 | | \*\*Length\*\* | 169 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 5th century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | ARE B. 338\[A\]/1992-93. | | | S. Rajavelu 1995b:No. 1 (with eye copy). | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | All the basic consonants are marked by the \*puḷḷi\*. | | 2. | A symbol (bow & arrow) is engraved between the 3rd & 4th letters. See section 5.18. | | 3. | The \*-ai\* medial stroke is disproportionately large and spreads over the previous letter also. | | 4. | A place name. Cf. LT \*cem-\* 'good', \*poykai\* 'pool', \*pēṭu\* 'hamlet'. The village made the gift collectively. | | 5. | \*taitta\* 'which was made'. | - [Previous: c28.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.7) - [Next: c28.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.9) - [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.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.8) · Pramāṇa