Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s23.t5: 4.20.5 Other place names
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4.20.5 Other place names
c23.s23.t5.1
The Index to Place Names (Appendix III) lists the place names numbering about 50 in the inscriptions included in the Corpus. The places which could be identified are included in Map I which shows the modern names in roman and the corresponding inscriptional names in italics. A list of identified inscriptional place names in the Corpus is given in Table 4.3.
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| Inscr. No. | Inscriptional Place Name | Modern Name | Taluk | District |
| ***76*** | **Akaḻ-ūr (Akaḻūr)** | **Agalur** | **Gingee** | **Viluppuram** |
| ***121*** | **Ēḷur (Ēḷūr)** | **Elur** | **Namakkal** | **Namakkal** |
| ***88*** | **Kaṭikai** | **Kadayam** | **Ambasamudram** | **Tirunelveli** |
| ***69*** | **Karu-ūr (Karuvūr)** | **Karur** | **Karur** | **Karur** |
| ***58*** | **Tiṭi (Tiṭṭi)** | **Tidiyan** | **Tirumangalam** | **Madurai** |
| ***10*** | **Toṇṭi** | **Tondi** | **Sivaganga** | **Ramanathapuram** |
| ***13*** | **Pākaṉ-ūr (Pākaṉūr)** | **Sholavandan** | **Vadippatti** | **Madurai** |
| ***83*** | **Perumpokaḻ** | **Perumpugai** | **Gingee** | **Viluppuram** |
| ***24*** | **Matirai** | **Madurai** | **Madurai South** | **Madurai** |
| ***112*** | **Mukaiyuru (Mukaiyūru)** | **Mukaiyur** | **Tirukkoyilur** | **Viluppuram** |
| ***61*** | **Yāṟṟūr** | **Attur** | **Karur** | **Karur** |
| ***6*** | **Veḷ-aṟai (Veḷḷaṟai)** | **Vellarippatti** | **Melur** | **Madurai** |
| ***35*** | **Vēmpiṟ-ūr (Vēmpiṟṟūr)** | **Vempattur** | **Sivaganga** | **Ramanathapuram** |
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Table 4.3. Identification of inscriptional with modern place names.