Ancient Tamil Civilization's photo. Ancient Tamil Civilization's photo. Ancient Tamil Civilization's photo. Ancient Tamil Civilization's photo. Arachalur Music Inscription The cave inscriptions in Arachalur town, about 20 km from Erode. These are Isai Tamil – one of the three literary divisions of Tamil – inscriptions which date to the 2nd century B.C. The inscriptions, which were discovered by Raju, are important as they talk about dancing notes (tala). Isai (Music) Tamil inscription in ruins The oldest Isai Tamil inscription, dating back to the 2nd century, is no longer visible clearly. Soot, ash and stones have rendered illegible the inscription, which is in Tamili. It is in a cave, on the western end of the hillock in Arachalur. The inscriptions are tala notes (adavu) that a Bharatnatyam dancer dances to. It has five lines and as many rows, resembling a five-row - five-column matrix. It has been arranged in such a way that read either from left to right or
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