Horses/Indus seals

[Palaniappa]

In a message dated 98-05-18 11:34:10 EDT, GANESANS at CL.UH.EDU writes:

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  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