Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s22.t7.1
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s22.t7.1
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c23.s22.t7.1
The occurrence of personal names derived from Prakrit or Sanskrit in the Tamil-Brāhmī and Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions does not mean that the persons were 'northerners' any more than those with Sanskritic names in later Tamil inscriptions. Internal evidence indicates that most of the donors and donees were natives of the Tamil country with probably a small number from Karnataka.