# SII 8.7: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer Dorotea Operato Alternative title: No. 7. (A.R. No. 421 of 1902). ON THE NORTH BASE OF THE RUINED SIVA TEMPLE AT SOLAPURAM, VELLORE TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0007 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0007.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ tirumakaḷpolap perunilac celvi(yu) n=taṉakke yurimai pūṇṭamai maṉak(k)oḷak kān=taḷūrcālai kala maṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyu nuḷampapāṭiyu n=taṭikaipāṭiyu [10+] ⟨2⟩ llamuṅ kaliṅkamum Eṇṭicai pukaḻtara Īḻamaṇṭalamum Iraṭṭapāṭi Eḻaraiyilakkamu n=tiṇṭiṟal v(e)nṟit taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa tanneḻil vaḷar Ūḻiyuḷ Ellā yāṇṭu n=toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭey (ceḻi)yarai⟨3⟩t tecukoḷ śrīkovirājarājakecaripanmarāṉa śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 7⁓Āvatu cayaṅkoṇṭa(co)ḻamaṇṭalattup paṅkaḷanāṭṭu vaṭakkil vaṉkamukaināṭṭu Uyyakkoṇṭāṉcoḻapu(ra)ttu viyāpāri [5+] ⟨4⟩ Uyyakkoṇṭāṉcoḻapura māyilaṭṭiyum (ka)mpan cāmiyum Aṭuporiṭṭ(ā)rum (vaḻi)kkāvanum kumaraṉāticcaṉāṉa muttaceṭṭiyum vayiramekakarumāṇikkak=kiḻava(ṉ nakka)ṉāṉa U⟨y⟩yakkoṇṭacoḻapura māyilaṭṭiyum ## Commentary The inscription is incomplete. ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 8.7 by Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 converted to DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato. ### Primary [SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 7, item 7.