[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) › c31.68 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.68 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.68 - **Language:** English ### [c31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.68) Tēvaṉ Cāttaṉ 144, 158, 441, 617 textiles 15, 156 Thailand 50, 51, 64, 164 three (numeral symbol) 283, 427, 607-08 Tiruchirapalli (inscrs.) 16, 17, 28, 36, 44 Tiruchirapalli-A (inscr.) 40, 97, 98, 430, 608 Tiruchirapalli-B (inscrs.) 27, 42, 97, 99, 135, 461-64, 623-24 Tirumalai (inscrs.) 40, 97, 98, 124, 125, 388-89, 581-83 Tirumalai (North Arcot district) 139 Tirunatharkunru (inscr.) 28, 131, 132, 136, 137, \*138\*, 29, 42, 90, 97, 99, 183, 473, 633-34 Tirupparankunram (inscrs.) 16, 17, 40, 73, 90, 97, 98, 108, 124, 135, 137, 142, 152, 179, 187, 189, 202, 203, 237, 391-93, 583-86 Tirupparuttikkunram 137 Tiru-p-pātiri-p-puliyūr 152 Tiruvadavur (inscrs.) 26, 40, 88, 97, 98, 130, 327-29, 552-54 Tiruvalangadu Plates 148 Tissamaharama 50, 62, 124, 143, 149, 150 Tittaṉ 59, 67, 119 Tittaṉ Veḷiyaṉ 119 Tiṭṭi (Tidiyan) 156, 397, 588 Tiṭṭi-il 363, 567 Tivākaram 139 Tiyaṉ 58, 143 Tiyaṉ Cantaṉ 382, 576 Tiyaṉ Ōtalaṉ 58, 65 \*Tolkāppiyam\* 101, 139, 170, 173, 183, 198, 226, 230, 231, 249, 250, 251, 254, 261, 263, 264, 269 Toṇṭi (Tondi) (on the east coast) 11, 153, 156, 331, 554 Toṇṭi (on the west coast) 153 Tondur (inscr.) 40, 90, 97, 98, 137, 205, 427, 606-08 Toṇṭai (nāṭu) 36, 121, 134 Toṇṭaimāṉ 120, 121 toponyms 105, 156-57, 660 touchstone (with Tamil-Brāhmī legend) 50-51, 59, 64 trade 141 trader in ploughshares 140, 377, 573 Travancore 212 - [Previous: c31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.67) - [Next: c31.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.69) - [Up: c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c31.68) · Pramāṇa