Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c30: Bibliography

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c30

Language: English

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Notes: 1. Works cited by titles and not by authors are listed accordingly in the bibliography.

2. Bibliographical data for Tamil literary texts cited in this volume (see Abbreviations) are not included in the bibliography except where comments or notes by the editors are cited or where the publications are not included in the source cited below. See *Peruñcol Akarāti*, vol.I: pp. lxiii-cxxviii for recent bibliographical data on standard editions of the literary works.

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3. Madras has been renamed Chennai. However, the names Madras and Chennai are both retained here for publications in English and Tamil respectively following the earlier usage.

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Bühler, Georg 1892. New Jaina Inscriptions from Mathura. *Epigraphia Indica* 1: 371-397. 1894a. Further Jaina Inscriptions from Mathura. *Epigraphia Indica* 2: 195-212. 1894b. The Bhattiprolu Inscriptions. *Epigraphia Indica* 2: 323-329. 1896 (1959). *Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300*. Translated by J. F. Fleet. (Reprinted in) *Indian Studies Past and Present* 1 (1): 1-139.

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Chandiramurthy, M. 1992. Toṇṭūr Tamiḻ Pirāmi Kalveṭṭu. *Kalveṭṭu* 34: 1-3.

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