[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) › c8.8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c8.8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c8.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.8) | Section | Page | Section | Page | | 4.6.11 Titles of other important personages | 124 | 4.11 Early Jaina records with dates | 136 | | 4.6.12 The village assembly | 125 | 4.12 Re-occupation of the cave shelters by later Jainas | 137 | | 4.6.13 Assembly of learned persons | 125 | 4.13 Jaina contribution to Tamil | 139 | | 4.6.14 Warfare | 126 | | | | | | C. SOCIETY | | | B. RELIGION | | 4.14 Introduction | 140 | | 4.7 Earlier views on the authors of cave inscriptions | 126 | 4.15 Agriculture | 140 | | 4.7.1 Buddhist occupation of the caves | 126 | 4.15.1 Paddy | 140 | | 4.7.2 Ājīvika presence in the caves | 127 | 4.15.2 Ploughshare | 140 | | 4.8 Early phase of Jainism in the Tamil country | 127 | 4.15.3 Irrigation | 140 | | 4.8.1 Bhadrabahu-Chandragupta legend | 127 | 4.16 Trade | 141 | | 4.8.2 Samprati and Jainism in the Tamil country | 128 | 4.16.1 The merchant guild | 141 | | 4.9 Evidence of Jainism in Tamil-Brāhmī and Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions | 128 | 4.16.2 Merchants and traders | 141 | | 4.9.1 Jaina character of the inscriptions: a statistical study | 128 | 4.16.3 Commodities of trade | 141 | | 4.9.2 Jaina terminology | 129 | 4.17 Professions | 141 | | 4.9.3 Titles of monks | 129 | 4.17.1 Mason and master mason | 141 | | 4.9.4 Titles of nuns | 131 | 4.17.2 Producer or seller of salt | 142 | | 4.9.5 Names of Jaina monks and nuns | 131 | 4.17.3 Carpenter | 142 | | 4.9.6 Common religious terms in Tamil-Brāhmī and Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions | 132 | 4.17.4 Mahout or charioteer | 142 | | 4.9.7 Jaina religious terms in Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions | 132 | 4.17.5 Goldsmith | 142 | | 4.9.8 Cave shelters: the earliest Jaina hermitages | 133 | 4.18 Social organisation | 142 | | 4.10 Evolution of Early Jainism in the Tamil country | 134 | 4.18.1 Clans | 142 | | 4.10.1 Early period | 135 | 4.18.2 Kinship | 144 | | 4.10.2 Middle period | 135 | 4.18.3 Honorifics | 144 | | 4.10.3 Late period | 135 | 4.18.4 Attributes | 145 | | | | 4.19 Personal names | 145 | | | | 4.19.1 Appellative names | 145 | | | | 4.19.2 Names based on religion | 146 | | | | 4.19.3 Names based on Vedic and Brahmanical deities | 147 | | | | 4.19.4 Personal names based on asterisms | 149 | | | | 4.19.5 Personal names (based on other asterisms) on inscribed objects | 150 | | | | 4.19.6 Personal names after \*ṛishis\*, \*gōtras\*, etc. | 151 | - [Previous: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.7) - [Next: c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.9) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.8) · Pramāṇa