Early South Indian Palaeography c17.6

c17.6

The first one contains three letters namely *kū ta ta*. The potsherd is a broken piece and the last letter *ta* in it is at the very end of the piece. Therefore it is an incomplete inscription and by supplving the word *ṉ* the inscription may be read as *kūttaṉ*, which in Tamil means dancer. The second inscription which is well carved contains only one letter and reads *ka*.