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² On Jainism in South India, the following works, listed here in chronological order, may be consulted: (i) M.S. Ramaswamy Aiyangar and B. Seshagiri Rao 1922. (ii) A. Chakravarti 1941 (revised edn. by K.V. Ramesh 1974). (iii) P.B. Desai 1957. (iv) A. Ghosh (ed.) 1974: 3 vols. (v) A.K. Chatterjee 1978. (vi) *Jaina Inscriptions in Tamil Nadu: A Topographical List*, A. Ekambaranathan and C.K. Sivaprakasam (eds.) 1987. (vii) *Jainism in South India* (ed.) P.M. Joseph 1997. The following Tamil works may also be consulted: (a) Mayilai Seeni Venkataswamy 1954 (1980 reprint). (b) A. Ekambaranathan 1998. (c) V. Vedachalam 2000. While (a) deals with Jaina contribution to Tamil, the other two are regional studies dealing with Jainism in the Cōḻa and Pāṇṭiya countries respectively.