Cāṇaṅkuppam, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 30 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00451.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Cākūḻaṉ Vēḷāḷaṉ and recording a donation of land in honour of him. Slab exhibited in Vellore ASI Museum in 2009.

Medial u and ū not distinguished and interchangeable. The letter ṭu has a peculiar form.

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svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kampa-vikkiriama-paru maṟku yāṇṭu muppatt-āvatu

paṭuvūr-k-kō ṭṭattu mēl-aṭaiyaāṟu-nāṭṭu-k kaṭaikaḷāṭṭuūr pi ṉṉamma nāyakaṉ cākūḻaṉ vēḷālḷaṉ vāṇar-pā ṭikkaḷḷar Iv-vuūr toṟuk koḷḷap paṭṭāṉ

Ivaṉukku Ūruṅ koḷ nāṉṟu Aracañ ce ṟu nettal paṭṭi Aṭṭittu

vikkiriamaparu maṟku vikkimaparuma ṟku vikkiraparuma ṟku muppattāvatu muppatāvatu The regnal year of Kampavikramavarman is 36th according to . mēlaṭaiyaāṟunāṭṭuk mēlaṭaiyaṟunāṭu puk° We follow here the summary in . kaṭaikaḷāṭṭuūr kaṭaikaḷāṭa pā° We follow here the summary in . pi ṉṉamma li ṉa ma reads teṉṉama. vēḷālḷaṉ vēḷāḷaṉ vāṇarpā ṭikkaḷḷar viṇṭa pāṭik kaḷḷar viṇṭa pāṭik kaḷḷar We follow here the summary in . Ūruṅ Ūruṅ koḷ kōvu

Prosperity! Fortune!

Tirthieth year of the victorious king Kampavikkirmaparumaṉ.Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.

Cākūḻaṉ Vēḷāḷaṉ, chief nāyakaṉ of Kaṭaikaḷāṭṭūr in the Mēlaṭaiyāṟunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, died, when thieves kaḷḷar from Vāṇarpāṭi vāṇarpāṭiThat is, the territory of the Bāṇas. seized cattle from this village.

To himThat is, in honour of him., there is a field ceṟu that which the king has given, at the time of taking the village, as nettal paṭṭi.

The findspot is Mēlcāṇaṅkuppam in .

Reported in (ARIE/1992-1993/B/1992-1993/316).

Edited in (Āvaṇam no. 3.1). Text in . Edited in with visual documentation (p. 281).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009).

3.1 3 I 1308 71 136/2021 161 53 B/1992-93 316