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Benjamin Guy Baprngton(1830),An account of the sculptures and inscriptions at Mahamalaipur.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. VOL 2.(paper read on 12.07.1828)

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Reverend Henry Hoisington(1853); Brief notes on the Tamil Language . JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN

ORIEANTAL SOCIETY III Article (ix) (paper read on 9.05.1852)

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PAST: CLASSICAL TAMIL IN CONTEMPORARY TAMIL; Edrs Kannan M and

carlos Mena Institute Francais de Pondichery.

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one of the finest monuments of human intelligence.

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aesthetics)

unique)

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Greek_alphabet, Latin_alphabet)

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preliminary thermoluminescence dating

Source: Tamils Heritage-Natana. Kasinathan,

pages – 23 to 35)

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Renati Cholas)

(Halmidi Inscription)

(Kaviraja maarga)

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kannada_language.

kojiki (Records of ancient matter

Manyoshiu )

Heian period

Source; A History of Japanese Literature – By

William George Aston, pages; 18,34,35,54.)

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perspective on the antiquity of Tamil – Iravatham Mahadevan, dt 24.6.2010, The Hindu)

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