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are known from <strong>the</strong> Ca <strong>in</strong>scriptions: Jaantha-mañg4ani<br />

Rj ar ja-pur a4 R jar ja-perunt-t eru R j ar j a-v4anu' Vikrama-.<br />

cia-v$antu Arumoi-tva-v4anu Parakc ari-v4anu'<br />

Nikarili-ca-v4an Rjndra-c <strong>in</strong>ka-v4a.nt ?<br />

<strong>and</strong> Vikrama-p tiya-nallTh? All <strong>the</strong>se, except t1r-nu, are<br />

names derived from those <strong>of</strong> roya1tiea All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m, with <strong>the</strong><br />

possible exception <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last, have evidently been given by <strong>the</strong><br />

Ca adm<strong>in</strong>istrators. Such names, <strong>the</strong>refore, do not always reflect<br />

<strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> Ta<strong>in</strong>il settlements <strong>in</strong> those places. There are<br />

a few o<strong>the</strong>r Tamil toponyms occurr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> CVa epigraphs <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>, such as Zkar, Nallr, kari-nund Palava-<br />

1. 6.1.1., IV, No. 1388.<br />

2. Ibid., No. 1k12.<br />

3. Ibid.<br />

4. 6.1.1., II, p. k26.<br />

5. Ibid.<br />

6. 6.1.1., IV, No. lkl2.<br />

7. Unpublished - No. I 775.<br />

8. A.S.C.A.L for 1909, p. 27.<br />

9. Unpublished - No. I 357.<br />

10. M.E.R. for 1917/18, p. 1k3.<br />

11. Ibid.<br />

12. See supra, p.gj2,.<br />

13.S.I.I., IV, No. 1393.

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