Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t12.29
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t12.29
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Cf. (inscr.) *iḷaṅkō-v-arayaṉ*, *iḷaṅkōva-rāyaṉ*, *ciri[i\*]ḷaṅkō*: names of signatories (*ARE* B.407/1916); *iḷaṅkō-v-araiyaṉ kuḷam* 'a local tank' (ibid.); *cir[i]ḷaṅkōv[ē]nta-vēḷāṉ*, name of a signatory (*ARE* B.405/1916). Furthermore, the town of Ambasamudram, about 3 km. from Mannarkoil and formerly belonging to the same Caturvēdimaṅgalam, was known as Iḷaṅkō(y)kuṭi in the 7th cent. a.d. (*EI.* IX: pp. 92-93).