# Vaḻuvūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgappōttaraiyar, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00153

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00153.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Inscription recording the foundation of a sluice.

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## 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!⟨y⟩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.

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