The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.16
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.16
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Ḍamila—Same as Kerala: the Malabar coast (Akitta-Jātaka in the Jātakas, IV, 150) or South Malabar (Burnell’s South Indian Palæography, p. 51). It is the Limurike of Ptolemy which, according to Dr. Caldwell, was a mistake for Damir-ike (see McCrindle’s Ptolemy, p. 49), “ike” in Tamil meaning a country. It was near Nāga-dvīpa or Ceylon, and a Ḍamila dynasty reigned there. Dhātusena (459-477 A. D.), defeated the foreign usurpers and restored the national dynasty (Mahāvaṃśa, ch. 38; S.B.E., X: Intr. XV). This shows that Ḍamila was close to Ceylon.