# Marutāṭu, time of Nr̥patuṅgavarman, year 12

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00157

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00157.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Construction of a weir and renovation of a sluice.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ kō-vicaiya-nr̥pa⟨3⟩tuṅkavarmmaṟku yā⟨4⟩ṇṭu pa¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩iraṇṭ-āva⟨5⟩tu

marutāṭṭ’ ēri-k ka⟨6⟩li¿ñc?⟨ṅk⟩u ceyvit⟨7⟩tu-t tūmpu putuk⟨8⟩kuvittār
koṅkarai⟨9⟩yar niṉṟaperu⟨10⟩māṉ

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ ka⟨6⟩li¿ñc?⟨ṅk⟩u ⬦ ka⟨6⟩liñcu SII; ka⟨6⟩li¿ñc?⟨ṅk⟩u IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–5⟩ Twelfth year of the victorious king Nr̥patuṅkavarmmaṟ.[1]

⟨5–10⟩ The Koṅkaraiyar Niṉṟaperumāṉ had a weir (kaliṅku) made ⟨for⟩ the
tank at Marutāṭu and had a sluice (tūmpu)renovated.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/417).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.65). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 157).

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
27, item 65.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 462,
item 157.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording
the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
[Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H.
Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 49, appendix B/1912, item 417.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavarman.