Vaḻuvūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgappōttaraiyar, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Inscription recording the foundation of a sluice.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00153.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00153.xml.

Version: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nirupatoṅka-p-pōt-
⟨2⟩ taraiyarkku yāṇṭu Ā-
⟨3⟩ ṟ-āvatu vaḷakūril (Ā)ḻu-
⟨4⟩ ntūr-nāṭṭu maṉṉār-(maṅ)-
⟨5⟩ (kalam aṟa)miḷippāruḻāṉ vaḷakū-
⟨6⟩ r ce¡yi!vitta tūmpu

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨2–4⟩ Sixth year of Nirupatoṅkappōttaraiyar.¹

⟨3–6⟩ The sluice that ... had made.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908–09 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/68).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.62). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 153). Edited in Civāṉantam 2018.

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. Pages 25–26, item 62.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 451, item 153.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2018. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XIII. Tiruvaṇṇāmalai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti II. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 52. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Item 234/2018, page 98.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1908–09. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 12, appendix B/1908, item 68.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅga + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nr̥patuṅga.

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