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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.110

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.110

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c28.s7.t2.110

The present pair of inscriptions with the following near-identical openings proves conclusively that *pi(ṭ)taṉ* and *pi(ṭ)tantai* are variants of the same name and the latter cannot be interpreted as *piṭṭaṉ tantai* 'father of Piṭṭaṉ':