[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) › c6.4 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c6.4 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6.4) During the first field expedition, Mr. R. Selvakumaraswamy, Executive Engineer, erected the steel scaffolding for copying inscriptions from inaccessible heights as at Alagarmalai. During both the expeditions, Mr. Madagadi K. Thangavelu, civil engineer, made the tracings direct from the stone, the accuracy of which owes much to his experience as a draughtsman. Mr. Alakkudi Arumugha Seetharaman, a young numismatist from Thanjavur, volunteered to be my Research Assistant and was in charge of the logistics during the second expedition. - [Previous: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6.3) - [Next: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6.5) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c6.4) · Pramāṇa