Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s1.t1.1

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c22.s1.t1.1

The pioneering studies, especially by Subrahmanya Aiyer on the language of the cave inscriptions, have established that the language is basically Tamil although with an admixture of Prakrit. However, Subrahmanya Aiyer's own readings led to another controversy: How much of Tamil is present in the inscriptions and what kind of Tamil? In the words of Kamil Zvelebil:

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