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Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t5.16

Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s2.t5.16

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c5.s2.t5.16

Tamiḷ is remarkable among the Southern languages for using a number of abbreviations for common words such as month, year, fanam etc. These appear in common use at the beginning of the 16th century³).