[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) › c2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c2: Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c2 - **Language:** English ### Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. ### [c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.2) Iravatham Mahadevan ### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.3) Cre-A: Chennai, India and The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies Harvard University, U.S.A. ### [c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.4) Distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and London, England Copyright © 2003 by Iravatham Mahadevan All rights reserved ### [c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.5) No part of this book may be stored, used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Cre-A:, the authorised representatives of the author, except in case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. ### [c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.6) Printed at Sudarsan Graphics, Chennai 600 017, India ### [c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.7) Simultaneously published in India by Cre-A: Chennai and in the U.S.A. by HOS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. ### [c2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.8) The second field expedition for this work was funded by a National Fellowship awarded to the author by the Indian Council of Historical Research. ### [c2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.9) The publication of the Harvard edition was made possible by donations of Periyannan Chandrasekaran, International Tamil Language Foundation, Malarselvan Karuppiah, Mani M. Manivannan, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan, Paul Pandian, San Francisco Bay Area Tamil Manram, and the 3Com Corporation. Their ready munificence is gratefully acknowledged. ### [c2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.10) For information write to Editor, Harvard Oriental Series, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, USA 617-495 3295; email: witzel@fas.harvard.edu ### [c2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.11) Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data ### [c2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.12) Early Tamil Epigraphy. From the earliest times to the sixth century A.D. (Harvard Oriental Series; v. 62) ISBN 0-674-01227-5 I. Mahadevan, I. 1930- II. Title III. Series: Harvard Oriental Series; 62 ### [c2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2.13) \*Dedicated to the sacred memory of\* \*Śrī Kanthadai Vaidy Subrahmanya Aiyer (1875-1969)\* \*whose pioneering studies laid the foundation for\* \*the decipherment of the Tamil-Brāhmī script.\* --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c2) · Pramāṇa