Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s3.t5.5
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s3.t5.5
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The data compiled in the Etymological Indexes (Appendices V-VI) indicate clearly that most of the loanwords in the Corpus are derived from standard epigraphic Prakrit based on the dialect of the central and western regions. The circumstances in which this dialect rose to become the common epigraphical language for almost the whole of India in the post-Mauryan period are well brought out by Richard Salomon in his recent book *Indian Epigraphy*: