clouds", a bombastic title, much in agreement with Dravidian customs,6 which befits the king of the Veḷāḷas perfectly; for these people in the historical period were called kāralār, "rulers of the clouds".7  Earliest Samples of Tamil in Brahmi Script (Kamil Zvelebil) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6Cf. Ibid., pp. 3-6. See Job, XXXVII, 15. 7 Ibid., p. 5. Cf. Heras. "The Veḷāḷas in Moheujo-Daro", pp. -45-55. |