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Śivis, according to Dr. H. C. Ray Chaudhuri,1 are probably to be identified with the Chola ruling family. The Sivi country of the south may be identical with the Sivika country which is placed among the southern countries by Varahamihira in his Bṛhatsamhita (Chap. XIV, verse 12).
1 Political History of Ancient India, 4th Ed., p. 205, f.n. 5. 2 Keilhorn, List of Southern Inscriptions, No. 685.
