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² I have made the discussion of this vexed question quite general and based it on broad considerations in order to avoid getting lost in minutiæ. Those who wish to pursue the controversy in more detail must go to Dr. S. K. Aiyangār, *Beginnings*, pp. 161-240 and 287 ff and his *Ancient India*; K. G. Sankara, *Q. J. M. S.*, vol. viii, pp. 34-60; K. G. Sesha Aiyar, same, vol. xvi, pp. 143 ff and on the other side L. D. Swamikkannu Pillai, *Indian Ephemeris*, vol. i and Mr. K. V. S. Aiyar, *Ancient Dekhan*, pp. 91 ff. and the references given by these writers. Pandit M. Raghava Aiyangār's arguments for a fifth century are refuted in detail by Mr. K. Srinivasa Pillai (see சேரன் செங்குட்டுவன் of the Pandit and *Sen Tamil*, vol. xv, pp. 3-24). There is little to be said in favour of Mr. T. G. Aravamuthan's effort to explain one unknown by another in his Essay on 'The Kāvēri, Maukharis and the Sangam Age'. It is perhaps not possible with our present knowledge to explain the references to