Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t12.17
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t12.17
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c28.s8.t12.17
This small label inscription engraved on the rim of a *vīrakal* (herostone) is the signature of the sculptor. It is remarkable that the signature is in Tamil language and Vaṭṭeḻuttu script, indicating his mother-tongue. This is the earliest and northernmost among the Tamil inscriptions discovered in Karnataka.