# Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00523

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00523.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Pillar inscription recording a donation of gold for maintaining a
perpetual lamp.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ tirukkiṉ kiḻavar nam ⟨2⟩ pirāṭṭiyār nantā-viḷakku⟨3⟩kku{kku}-k
kuṭutta poṉ ⟨4⟩ ¡Añ!⟨Aiṅ⟩-kaḻañ¿cc?⟨c⟩uṅ

kaḻa⟨5⟩ñciṉāl Aṟu nāḻi-p pa⟨6⟩licai-y-āka Ā⟨7⟩ṭṭāṇṭu tōṟum
mu⟨8⟩-p-patiṉāḻi [10+]⟨9⟩[12+] kuṭuppip⟨10⟩pōm āṉōm ⟨11⟩ capaiyōm

## Translation

⟨1–4⟩ ⟨There are⟩ five kaḻañcus of gold that ... gave for a perpetual
lamp.

⟨4–11⟩ We, the members of the assembly, have become those who will have
... given ...

## Bibliography

Edited in B.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Badhreenath 2015. The
distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and
Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present
digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper
visual documentation.

### Primary

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07.
New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 154, item 7.