# Kāñcipuram, Ulakaḷantaperumāḷ, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00135

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00135.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Granting of trade permission.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

teḷḷāṟṟ’ erinta nan⟨2⟩ti-p-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu pa⟨3⟩tin eṭṭ-āvātu

Aṉuttara-p-pal(la)⟨4⟩varaiyaṉ viṇṇappaṭṭāṟ
k(ā)⟨5⟩ṭupaṭṭi-tamiḻ-p-pēraiyāṉ ā⟨6⟩ṇatti-y-āka viṭēlviṭuku
kutirai⟨7⟩-c-cēriyārkku-k karuppūran talaiy⟨ā⟩⟨8⟩ka-c ceruppu-k
kaṭai-y-āka Ella⟨9⟩-vyāpāramun kaṭai Eṟi vāṇika⟨10⟩ñ
ceyya-p-peruvār-āka-p paṇittōm

pūmi Uḷḷa Aḷavu⟨11⟩Itaṟku sa⟨r⟩vva- (parihāra)māka-k ku⟨12⟩(ṭuttōm)
Ip-paricu muṟṟuvit⟨13⟩tāṉ caṭṭaṭṭa-pōcaṉ veṇṇa(ṉ)

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Eighteenth year of Nantipōttaraiyar,[1] who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu.

⟨3–10⟩ ...

⟨10–13⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Edited in MCC Magazine 8 (1890-91), p. 98-104. Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 135).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Mahalingam 1988.
Grantha characters not certified.

### Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
404–405, item 135.

### Secondary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
V: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government
Press. Page 225, item 567.[2]

[1] Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king
Nandin.

[2] The original text is not provided.