Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t4.3

c28.s6.t4.3

The Cēra port of Toṇṭi on the west coast was more famous in the Caṅkam Age. Cf. LT *ceṅkōl kuṭṭuvaṉ toṇṭi* 'Toṇṭi of Kuṭṭuvaṉ (the Cēra king) of upright sceptre' (*Aiṅk.*, *Toṇṭippattu*, 178:2-3). However, the eastern port of Toṇṭi is probably referred to in *Kuṟuntokai* (verses 210 & 238) where the city is specially associated with rice cultivation (U.Ve. Swaminathaiyar, *Kuṟuntokai*, 5th edn.: p. lxxxv).