# Mahābalipuram, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00479

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00479.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

See ARIE 1995–96 (p. 37): “Contains two lines mentioning the dancing
girls (kūttikaḷ) of the temple. In characters of about the 8th century
A.D.”

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## Edition

[text not available]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1995–96 (ARIE/1995-1996/B/1995-1996/33).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

### Secondary

ARIE 1995–96. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1995-96. Edited by
M. K. Bhadri. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2005. Page 37,
appendixes B/1995-1996, item 33.