04-04-2025 https://dcpune.academia.edu/SrinivasanKalyanaraman/Pa pers kalyan97@gmail.com 1 A beautiful silver drachm issued by the Janapada Republic of व ृ णि People between 10 and 40 CE. The Brahmi legend reads “(Vr)ṣṇi Rajana Ganasya Tratarasya”. The reverse bears an ornate 14-spoked wheel with a scalloped outer rim along with the legend in Kharoshthi which reds “Vrṣṇi Rajana Ganasa (Trata)...” Migration from Tuvarai (Dwaraka) is attested in a 12th century inscription (Pudukottai State inscriptions, No. 120) cited by Avvai S. Turaicaami in Puranaanuru, II (SISSW Publishing Soc., Madras, 1951). வரை மாநக நிபபாத பதாரம பாகிளிவவத நிக பத கவ நா தனி நிகவித நிதிவாள •Āy-Vēḷir settled in ancient Pandya country extends from Kanyakumari in Tamilnadu to Kerala. Pandya is a remarkable Indus Script hieroglyph depicted on the clothing of Mahāvināyaka of Gardez. Graphemes: tiger (feline) cub and feline paws. -- panja 'feline paw' rebus: panja 'kiln, furnace' -- kul 'tiger' + pã̄ḍā, pã̄ḍyā ʻhalf-grown tiger-cub' rebus: क ु ळ kuḷa 'village' kol 'iron smelter’ kula ‘headman of guild corporation’ + पाया pāṇḍyā 'customs registrar'. Scores of Indus Script inscriptions document tiger narratives which are catalogues of export trade products from Meluhha artisans. ದೇಶಪಾಯ dēśa-pāṇḍye. (-ಪಾಯ . -ಪಾಯ ) a recordkeeper, a registrar, a clerk (Br.; R.); the head revenue-officer of a district (Br.)(Marathi) देशपाया dēśapāṇḍyā m An hereditary officer of a Mahál. He is under the Deshmukh. His office nearly corresponds with that of क ु ळकरिी under the पाटील. He is the same as देशक ु ळकरिी dēśakuḷakaraṇī m An hereditary officer of a Mahál. He frames the general account from the accounts of the several Khots and Kulkarn̤ís of the villages within the Mahál; the district-accountant. Thus, Mahāvināyaka of Gardez is a record- keeper, recognized as the scribe of the Great Epic, Mahabharata. -- Abhira Āy-Vēḷir Vrṣṇikula Kṛṣṇa -- pã̄ḍā, pã̄ḍyā ʻhalf-grown tiger-cub’ rebus: पाया pāṇḍyā 'customs registrar scribe, guild accountant’ kul ‘tiger’ kula ‘headman of guild corporation’ + ibha ‘elephant’ rebus: ibbho ‘merchant’ ib ‘iron’ Abhira Ophir Āy-Vēḷir Vēḷir – evidence of presence in Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and in Tamilnadu பாய pāṇṭiyaṉ , n. pāṇḍya. King of the ancient Pāṇḍya country; பாயநா வவத. (சில. 17, 5.)