Tamil Brahmi inscriptions and other archaeological finds

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This is a few weeks old, but I've not seen it discussed here, so...

A Tamil Brahmi inscription dating from the first century BC has been discovered in Egypt. Iravatham Mahadevan has provided a tentative reading:

http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/21/stor...2158412400.htm

Tamil Brahmi inscriptions have been found before on the Egyptian Red Sea coast at Quseir-al-Qadim / Berenike, but this one is at least a century or so older.