South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c13.s1.93

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c13.s1.93

29. *Māvilangai*.—This would mean great Lanka. This is known to classical Tamil literature as old Māvilangai, and seems to refer to the country round Kāñchīpuram and Vellore. A village of the Ramnad district (Paramaguḍi Taluk)¹ seems also to have been known by this designation. The former appears to be the territory referred to in Pāṇḍya inscriptions as northern Lanka, as opposed to Tēnnilankai, the Southern Lanka or Ceylon.

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