Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.t7.16
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.t7.16
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| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.53. Estampage: Pl. 52. |
| **Locus** | On the south rock wall of the Edakal cave with prehistoric carvings; well-preserved. See section 1.8.6 (ii). |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 102 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 5th century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 121/1897. *SII.* VI: No. 75. |
| | F. Fawcett 1901: Estampage No. 2; Pl. I, Fig. 1 (top line); Pl. II, Fig. 1 (top line at left); with comments by E. Hultzsch. |
| | I. Mahadevan and S. Swaminathan 1998: pp. 20-29. I. Mahadevan 1999: pp. 1-19 (with Pl.). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | The letter is marked with a *puḷḷi*. Hultzsch read this earlier as *laṁ* treating the *puḷḷi* as the *anusvāra*, but later corrected the reading as *l*. |
| 2. | The letter is marked with a *puḷḷi*. Hultzsch reads *naṁ* . |
| 3. | A place name. |