Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c6.10

c6.10

Many of the photographs of pottery inscriptions and other inscribed objects (coins, seals and rings) have been taken by the Institut Français d' Indologie, Pondicherry, from the pottery collections housed in the Government Museum, Pondicherry, and from the numismatic collections of Mr. A. Seetharaman. I am beholden to Ms. Françoise L'Hernault of L'École Française d' Extrême-Orient and Mr. K. Rajaram, Curator of the Government Museum, Pondicherry, for their generous assistance. Photographs of pottery inscriptions were also made available by the ASI, New Delhi; TNSA, Chennai; Prof. Y. Subbarayalu, Tamil University; Profs. K. V. Raman and P. Shanmuguam, University of Madras; Dr. P. Pushparatnam, Jaffna University, Sri Lanka; Prof. J.H. Johnson, American Research Centre in Egypt and Prof. S.E. Sidebotham, University of Delaware, USA.