# Māmpākkam, time of Nandivikramavarman, year [figure lost]

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00481

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00481.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Fragment kept in the Chennai Government Museum, containing only the
regnal year of the Pallava king Nandivikramavarman.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] kō-vicai¿yy?⟨y⟩a-nanti-vikkirama-parumarkku yā(ṇ)[ṭu] […] ⟨2⟩
[…] ṭi […]

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ […] year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.[1] […]

## Commentary

The provenance is Mampākkam according to Sivaramamurti 1974. On the
Chennai Goverment Museum website
(https://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/01/04/inscrip2.htm) the
provenance is Mangadu, that is, Māṅkāṭu, where two Pallava inscriptions
(DHARMA_INSPallava00131 and DHARMA_INSPallava00235) were found.

## Bibliography

Illustrated in Sivaramamurti 1974.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2019).

### Secondary

[CS] Sivaramamurti, C. 1974. L’art en Inde. Paris: Mazenod. Figure 217.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.