Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.1
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.1
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c28.s7.t8.1
**79.1 *opaṇapa vira-a*** (N.) in genitive case. The cave, the walls of which are covered with prehistoric carvings, does not have stone beds and does not appear to have been a Jaina hermitage. The Ta. Br. inscriptions in the cave (Nos. **79-82**) belong to the Early Cēra period and appear to be secular records. These are the earliest known inscriptions of Kerala (I. Mahadevan 1999). See section 1.2.2.