Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s13.14

c21.s13.14

Panneerselvam has also made a most valuable contribution by his identification of three generations of the Irumporai princes mentioned in the Pugalur inscriptions with the heroes of the Seventh to Ninth decades of *Patiṟṟuppattu*, establishing for the first time a definite link between the kings celebrated in Caṅkam literature and those mentioned in the Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions.³ Panneerselvam's identification has won acclaim.