Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. (Record no. 51143)
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| fixed length control field | 01283 a2200169 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250906093719.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674012271 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 494.81111 MAH |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mahadevan, Iravatham |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harvard University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2003 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Chennai |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 719 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book presents the earliest South Indian inscriptions (ca. second century B.C.E. to sixth century A.D.), written in Tamil in local derivations of the Ashokan Brahmi script. They are the earliest known Dravidian documents available and show some overlap with the early Cera and Pandya dynasties. Their language is Archaic Tamil, with a few borrowings from Prakrit and influences of old Kannada, both resulting from the early presence of northern Jainism. The widespread occurrence of pottery inscriptions indicates that the Tamil-Brahmi script had taken deep roots all over the countryside, leading to the cultured society visible in the classical Tamil poetry of the Cankam (Sangam) texts of the early centuries C.E. The work includes texts, transliteration, translation, detailed commentary, inscriptional glossary, and indexes. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Language and Literature |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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