09-30-2008, 02:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Ishwa+Sep 29 2008, 12:55 PM-->QUOTE(Ishwa @ Sep 29 2008, 12:55 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Neither the word Yavana nor the persons falling under that word have any remote connection with Ionians or Bactrian Greeks. The Yavanas are simply indigenous.
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Why were the Greco-Roman visitors of the Tamil kingdoms referred to as the <i>Yavanar</i>?
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Why were the Greco-Roman visitors of the Tamil kingdoms referred to as the <i>Yavanar</i>?