Early South Indian Palaeography c16.4

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¹ No. 531 of 1937-38. See *Annual Report on South Indian Epigraphy* 1937-38. Part II, Para 1. It has been suggested that the Aruvāḷar are called the *Aruvāhila kula*, that this cave was made for the S'ramaṇas and that the Aruvāḷar were S'rāmaṇas in ancient times (Mayilai Seeni Venkatasami, *Samaṇamum Tamiḻum* (First Part), p. 39. Though it is probable that the cave was intended for the S'ramaṇas, it may not be possible to say that the Aruvāḷars were all S'ramaṇas.