Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s22.1

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There are over a hundred personal names in the inscriptions included in the Corpus. A complete list of the names is given in the Index to Personal Names (Appendix II). The typology of personal names in early Tamil society makes an interesting study. The types are illustrated below with examples drawn from the Corpus as well as from other inscribed objects like pottery, coins, seals and rings to present a more complete picture of early Tamil onomastics. The inscribed objects with Tamil-Brāhmī legends have been assigned to the period between ca. 2nd century B.C. and 3rd century A.D. mostly on palaeographic evidence. Names of women are marked (fem.). Names of kings, princes and chieftains and of Jaina monks and nuns are excluded as they have been considered separately in earlier sections.