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A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c9.20

A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c9.20

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English

c9.20

Tradition makes Agastya the father of Tamil, the author of the first grammar of that language, and the royal chaplain (*kulaguru*) of the divine line of Pāṇḍyan rulers, the descendants of Śiva and Pārvatī who condescended to become the first king and queen of this celebrated line.