Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s3.t1.11

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⁴ The 'Gajabahu synchronism' is based on the statement in *Cilappatikāram* (30: 160-166) that Gajabahu, king of Sri Lanka, attended the worship of Kaṇṇaki instituted by Cēraṉ Ceṅkuṭṭuvaṉ. The date of Gajabahu I is known from Sri Lankan sources to be in the 2nd century A.D. (C.W. Nicholas and S. Paranavitana 1961: pp. 79-80).