Govala/Golla and tamil KOvalar tribes

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

> This well attested town name kOval from sangam times
> cannot be from skt. gopAla for sure.
> Compare kOval with other village names:
> cikkal, cuziyal, cEynjal, nAval, marukal, mAkaRal, paRiyal, jnAzal, ...

 The tamil words, kOval and kOvalar are independent of skt. gopAla.

 Like kOvalar, there are words in tamil: Evalar, kAvalar, pAvalar, nAvalar,
 mEvalar, and so on.



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