South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c6.5

c6.5

It will be necessary to consider the exact influence which Agastya wielded over the Dravidian civilization of the south, as the south of India is very often referred to in various local works as "the land lit up by the glory of Agastya." Agastya himself is called, by way of eminence, the *Tamil Muni* or Tamilian Sage.