Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s19.t3: 4.16.3 Commodities of trade
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s19.t3
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4.16.3 Commodities of trade
c23.s19.t3.1
The commodities traded by the merchants mentioned in the inscriptions at Alagarmalai and Pugalur are as follows:
c23.s19.t3.2
| (i) | *aṟuvai* | : | 'cloth' |
| (ii) | *u(p)pu* | : | 'salt' |
| (iii) | *eṇṇai* (LT *eṇṇey*) | : : | 'oil' |
| (iv) | *koḻu* | : | 'ploughshare' |
| (v) | *pāṇita(m)* | : | 'gur' (unrefined sugar, molasses) |
| (vi) | *poṉ* | : | 'gold' |