A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c10.18
A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c10.18
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c10.18
Māmūlanār himself and other poets make further references to the Mauryas strongly tinged with the mythology of the concept of Chakravarti—the wheel-emperor; but these need not detain us or detract from the value of the specific historical references in Māmūlanār cited above. Let us note further that the poems contain no basis for the view often expressed that the Mauryas invaded South India and reached the Podiya mountain in the extreme South.