Tissamaharama potsherd with alleged Tamil Brahmi inscription

Tissamaharama potsherd with alleged Tamil Brahmi inscription
An immense number of pottery sherds (more than one hundred) with Legends in Brahmi Characters have been unearthed throughout the excavations of almost twenty years at Tissamaharama in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka (Dias, 2021; Falk, 2014). Of those, one piece of pottery carrying a legend of Brahmi characters came to the attention of local academicians when it was interpreted as a Tamil Brahmi inscription by a foreign scholar (Ragupathy, 2010). There are different opinions among scholars regarding the reading and interpretation of this inscription. Mahadevan commented on this in 2010 and brought it into the focus of the academicians (Mahadevan, 2010). Besides Mahadevan, several other scholars including Ragupathy (2010), Somadeva (2010), Falk (2014), Pushparatnam (2014) and Dias (2021) have also expressed their views on this inscription. Although Ragupathy partially followed the path of Mahadevan, other scholars including Somadeva (2010), Falk (2014), Pushpanatham (2014) and Dias (202…