Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.33

c31.33

Naccināṟkkiṉiyar 183 Nagarjunakonda 111, 161, 191 Nagaswamy, R. 23, 31, 46, 84, 158, 189, 195, 199, 202, 211, 311 Nākaṉ 132, 143, 370, 383, 569, 577 Ñākaṉ 421 Nākapērūr 395, 586 Nakkaṉ 454, 622 Nāḻal 429, 608 Nalaṅkiḷḷi 119 *Nālaṭiyār* 139 Nalliyūr 412, 413, 598-99 Nambudiri brahmans 212 Nanda-Maurya empires 161 Nandas 172 Nandivarman II 211, 213 *Naṉṉūl* 139, 170 Nanta-siri (Kuvaṉ) 7, 115, 129, 132, 315, 317, 319, 543-44 Narayana Rao, C. 77-78, 311 Narayanan, M. G. S. 31 Nataṉ 132, 383, 577 Natana Kasinathan 45, 46, 169 Natti 132, 321, 417, 603 Nāyaṉmār 137 Nekanurpatti (inscr.) 39, 97, 98, 108, 131, 136, 186, 230, 437, 611-13 Nelveḷi 325, 552 Neṭumallaṉ 376, 573 Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ (Neṭuñcaḻiyaṉ / Neṭiñcaḻiyaṉ) 7, 96, 115, 116, 122, 129, 135, 315, 317, 545-46 Neṭuṅkiḷḷi 119 neuter plural 285, 286 neuter singular 285, 286 Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. 191 Nilambur 31, 33 nomenclature (of variants of Brāhmī) 167-68 nominative (first) case 289 Northern Black Polished (NBP) ware 46 Northern Brāhmī (script) 49, 91, 167, 178, 181 nouns 105, 281-83 Noyyal (river) 44 number and gender 284-86 numerals 107, 205, 283