CilappatikAram date

[N. Ganesan]

Regarding the date of CilappatikAram, Dr. A. Veluppillai
sent the following:

>Regarding the dating of the CilappatikAram and MaNimEkalai, as
>available to us in print today, I have been raising some issues in
>some of my publications. See P. Schalk's volume- my article on
>'Historical Background of the MaNimEkalai and Indigenization of
>Buddhism - on the proceedings of the MaNimEkalai conference,
>Uppsala (1995). The fifth century AD could be accepted as the most
>probable date.
> A.Veluppillai





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