Studies in Cola History and Administration c7.138
Studies in Cōḻa History and Administration c7.138
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c7.138
stone inscription, is not always a guarantee of its accuracy; much less can this be the case with statements made in twelfth and thirteenth century inscriptions on events which admittedly occurred, at the latest, in the fourth or fifth century A. D. And is it not curious that a talented scholar who exhibits much critical acumen in his discussion of the views of earlier writers about the relationship between Karikāla and Iḷandiraiyan should end by accepting that very relationship, and on such evidence as this?