# Āmpūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 26

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00189

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00189.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kaliyirāmaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-niru⟨2⟩pat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-pa⟨3⟩ruma[r]kku yāṇṭ’
iru-pa⟨4⟩tt’ āṟ-āvatu

paṭuvū⟨5⟩r-k-kōṭṭattu mēl-a ⟨6⟩ ṭaiy(ā)ṟu-nāṭṭu Āmai(y)[ūr] ⟨7⟩ mēl
nuḷampaṉ (pa)[ṭai-y] ⟨8⟩ vantu toṟu-k koḷḷa (p)i(ruti-ka)⟨9⟩ṅkaraiyar
cēvakar Akala[ṅkattu]⟨10⟩varāyar marukaṉ mā(c)i(ḻu) [3+]⟨11⟩(ṉ)i vēṭaṉ
kaliyirāma[ṉ paṭṭāṉ]

## Translation

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-sixth year of the victorious king
Nirupatoṅka-vikkirama-parumar.[1]

⟨4–11⟩ When the Nuḷampaṉ came ⟨with⟩ his army upon Āmaiyūr, in the
Mēlaṭaiyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, and seized cattle, Kaliyirāṁaṉ, a
hunter …, the nephew of Akalaṅkattuvarāyar, a servant of
Pirutikaṅkaraiyar, died.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1895–96 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/8).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.23B). Text and summary
in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 188).

This revised edition Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous editions.

### Primary

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Two Tamil inscriptions
at Ambur.” EI 4, pp. 180–183. Page 183.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 520,
item 189.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1895–96. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy.
Reviewing the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96
and directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Edited by
Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1896. Page 9, appendix B/1896, item 8.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.