Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s22.t3.20
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s22.t3.20
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A unique gold ring from Karur⁷ (with a Tamil name written in Prakrit in Southern Brāhmī characters) has the legend *nal-veḷḷai-sa* ('of aupicious *veḷḷai*'); *nal-veḷḷai*, one of the Tamil names of Baladēva (Balarāma), is also attested in early Tamil literature.⁸