Q: old Tamil materials

[Ferenc Ruzsa]

Friends,

1. Iravatham Mahadevan mentioned in an interview given in January 1998, that
he is working on a book on the earliest Tamil inscriptions. Has the book
appeared yet? Where?
2. What are the standard materials (esp. grammar, but also dictionary and
texts) to study old Tamil?
Any information is most welcome.

Yours,
Ferenc
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Ferenc Ruzsa, PhD
associate professor of philosophy
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
e-mail: f_ruzsa at isis.elte.hu