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Madurai District
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No. 255
Village
Tirupparankunram
Taluk
Madurai
District
Madurai
Findspot
On the rock-cut bed in the upper cavern.
Dynasty
King
Date
2nd - 1st centuries B.C.
Tamil, Brāhmi
Language
and Script
Contents
Antuvan gave (caused to be given this).
Reference
ARE, 142/1951-52, 1. Mahadevan, op.cit., Tiruppararkunçam, No. 1, T. V. Mahalingam, op.cit., pp. 256-257.
Remarks
This and the following two inscriptions, though fragmentary, record the names of persons who caused the stone beds to be cut in the caves.
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