[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.s8.t6.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t6.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s8.t6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t6.2) The inscription is incised on a small, shoe-shaped stone (see Fig. 1.17). Similarly shaped stones are still in use in the Tamil countryside as stoppers to close the outlet (\*tūmpu\*) of a water channel. - [Previous: c28.s8.t6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t6.1) - [Next: c28.s8.t6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t6.3) - [Up: c28.s8.t6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t6.2) · Pramāṇa