Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s18.t2: 4.15.2 Ploughshare

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An inscription at Alagarmalai (No. *43*, ca. 1st century B.C.) mentions a *koḻuvaṇikaṉ* 'trader in ploughshares'. The term *koḻu* refers to the hard iron tip fixed to the wooden plough, which has survived with little change up to the present day.