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Cover illustration: King Tirunelvēliperumāḷ’s crowning inscription, engraved on the south wall of the entrance tower in the Kāśīviśvanātha temple in Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu. Photograph by David Pierdominici Leão.
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ISSN 0925-2916
ISBN 978-90-04-72072-5 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004721500
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