Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s20.t4: 4.17.4 Mahout or charioteer
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s20.t4
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4.17.4 Mahout or charioteer
c23.s20.t4.1
The place name *pākaṉ-ūr* (*pākaṉūr*) occurring in an inscription at Kongarpuliyankulam (No. *13*, ca. 2nd century B.C.) is probably derived from *pākaṉ* 'an elephant mahout or a charioteer'.