Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c15.9

c15.9

23 *note* 1. This view (that 'Triliṅga' must be a recent fabrication) is fully confirmed by the result of Mr. Kittel's researches in respect of liṅga-worship, by which it is established that this religion was foreign to the South of India, and was introd uced in comparatively recent times. Another proof of this can be added the great liṅga-temples of S. India are all built outside the towns, and, therefore, must belong to a time subsequent to the foundation of the towns which are certainly, in many cases, very ancient. The great Tanjore temple is mentioned in an inscription of the 11th century (a few miles to the North of Tanjore) as then being 'outside the town'.