Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.31

c31.31

Mācakōtu 33, 479, 637-38 Matirai (Madurai) 4, 11, 13, 15, 36, 44, 46, 115, 116, 123, 129, 135, 136, 137, 141, 153, 155, 156, 160, 351, 355, 369, 371, 563, 564, 569-70 Magadha 111, 127 *Mahābhārata* of Nannaya 159 Mahadevan, I. 92, 201, 210, 311 Mahalingam, T.V. 103, 44, 80, 81, 84, 85, 92, 127, 311 Mahāvīra 151 Mahendravarman 31, 213 Mahisha-maṇḍala 108, 152 mahout or charioteer 142, 556 Mākkōtai 57, 63, 118 Malai Vaṇṇakkan 144, 441, 616-17 Malaiyamāṉs (chieftains of Kōvalūr) 120, 121 Malakonda 94, 193 Malayalam (language) 195, 212, 215, 251 pre-Malayalam 33 Malayalam (script) 212 Maligaimedu 47, 53 Malliya Rechana 159 Mamandur (inscr.) 16, 36, 39, 91, 94, 97, 98, 121, 122, 126, 185, 423, 604-06 Mangulam (inscrs.) 3, 4-7, 6, 13, 23, 39, 74, 76, 77, 81, 82, 85, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 115, 116, 122, 123, 124, 129, 135, 137, 141, 175, 227, 315-23, 543-52 Manickam Naicker, P.V. 172 Mannarkoil (inscrs.) 24, 39, 97, 98, 124, 125, 184, 202, 445-47, 618-20 maṉṟam 163 Māntarañ cēral Irumporai 118 mārāya(m) 392, 583 Marukaltalai (inscr.) 3, 13, 24, 39, 97, 98, 337, 558-59 Marutam Pāṭiya Ilaṅkaṭuṅkō 117 masculine singular 284, 285 master mason 31, 84, 142, 475, 634-35 Mathura 135 Maurya (Mauryan) 76, 111, 123, 161, 172, 225 Mauryan Age 93, 127, 167, 175, 177, 197 Mauryan Brāhmī (alphabet / script) 69, 93, 135, 167, 170, 175, 176, 177, 196, 227, 231 Mauryan empire 111, 193 Mediterranean 155 Meenakshipuram 5 Meenakshisundaran, T. P. 102, 195 megalithic 91, 171, 173, 234 megalithic graves 45, 50 megalithic pottery 209 megalithic symbols 50, 206, 209 Mēṟcēri 467, 625 merchants (traders) 13, 15, 110, 124, 141, 372, 376, 377, 381, 417, 419, 570, 573, 576, 602, 603 merchant guilds 110, 123, 124, 129, 141, 163, 319, 548-49 members 323, 551 Mettuppatti (inscrs.) 11, 13, 23, 26, 39, 70, 76, 81, 92, 97, 98, 129, 153, 351-63, 563-67 *mithuna* figures 154, 158 Mittiraṉ 58, 65, 147 Mōci 427, 607 Mōci Kīraṉār 117 Mohandas, P.N. 80 Mōnala(ṉ) Cāttaṉ 481, 639 morphophonemics 271-80 morphology 281-301 mother 144, 437, 612 Muciri (Muziris) 155, 163, 395, 586 Mudalaikulam (inscr.) 39, 97, 98, 125, 367, 568-69 Mughal empire 161 Mukaiyūr(u) (Mukaiyur) 156, 467, 624-25 Muni Sarvanandi 136 music and dance (in early Tamil society) 158 musical inscrs. (at Arachalur) 21, 84, 158, 441-43, 616-18 Muttuppatti (inscrs.) 39, 90, 92, 97, 98, 137, *138*, 142, 152, 155, 179, 395-97, 586-88