# Kaḷattūr, time of Nandivarman, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00127

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00127.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Records the paiement of a tax on the income from a lake.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nandi-varmma⟨2⟩-{ma}mahārā(ja)(ṟ)ku-p ⟨3⟩ patiṉāl-āvatu

kaḷat⟨4⟩tūr-k-kōṭṭattu kaḷa⟨5⟩ttūr peru-makkaḷ (paṅ)⟨6⟩(kāṉāṭṭaiyil)
[2+] ⟨7⟩ [1+] ttān (E)rippāt⟨8⟩tu kōyil-āka parame⟨9⟩śvaran mu(ṉp-āka)
pe⟨10⟩ru-makkaḷum kaṭava m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉ⟨11⟩ṟil Oṉṟum parame⟨12⟩śvaran sukr̥tam

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Fourteenth year of the great king Nandivarman.

⟨3–12⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1911–12 (ARIE/1911-1912/B/1911/349).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.51). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 126).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
21, item 51.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 389,
item 127.

### Secondary

ARIE 1911–12. G.O. No. 919, 29th July 1912. Epigraphy. Recording the
progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1911-1912. Edited by H. Krishna
Sastri. No place, 1912. Page 24, appendix B/1911, item 349.