Ancient Coins of Sri Lankan Tamil Rulers

2nd century B.C. ancient Anuradhapura appears archaeological associated basis bearing Bopearachchi Brahmi inscriptions Buddhist bull called Cańkam capital carved century A.D. chiefs circle Cōla confirmed considered cultural dated discovered dynasty early emblem evidences facing fact figure finds fish further gives human identified illustrates important India inscribed island issued issued coins Jaffna kingdom kings language later letters literary literature Mahadevan meaning merchant Naka Nadu Nallur north Lanka northern Sri Lanka noted numismatic obverse origin Pāli Pallava Pāṇḍya Paranavithana peacock period Prakrit present Prof prove published Pushparatnam recent reference region religion reverse royal ruled rulers scholars script Sētu Sinhalese sources South South Indian square Sri Lankan Tamils standing suggest symbols Tamil Brahmi Tamil coins Tamil kings Tamil Nadu temple trade tradition treated type of coins University Vallipuram various