Horses/Indus seals

[S. Kalyanaraman]

Hi,
Is tuvarApati the same as dwa_raka_?
Hence, the name is a combination of
place name and profession (agriculture)?
Regards,
Kalyanaraman.




---Palaniappa <Palaniappa at AOL.COM> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-05-18 11:34:10 EDT, GANESANS at CL.UH.EDU writes:
>
> <<
>   The KV kulam, tuuran people are also called
>  tuvaran. They say they come from tuvarApati.
>  Is it related to the sangam quotes, of
>  tuvaraapati vEL?? >>
>
> The Chola, Pandya inscriptions mention several people with the name
tuvarApati
> vELAn2. From a pair of father-son duo, both of whom have "tuvarApati
vELAn2"
> in their name, one can make out it is a family name or clan name.
>
> Regards
>
> S. Palaniappan
>

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