Early South Indian Palaeography c16.3

c16.3

The inscription¹ which is somewhat damaged appears to be in the Prākṛt language and registers the gift made by a certain Siri Vīri-Seṭhi, son of Nanda-Seṭhi of the *Aruva [ḷa] kula*. The gift was apparently the cavern over which it is engraved. The *Seṭhi* donor mentioned above probably provided the cavern with the drip-ledge and slightly smoothened out the rough walls of the cavern and provided other amenities, so as to make it fit for occupation.