# SII 12.29: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NARASIMHAVARMAN II RAJASIMHA. No. 29. (A.R. No. 616
of 1915). PANAMALAI, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE
NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH BASES OF THE TĀḶAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE ON THE HILL

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0029

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0029.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This incomplete record in florid Pallava-Grantha characters gives the
praśasti of king Rājasiṁha, son of Ēkamalla i.e. Paramēśvara I. From the
existence of this inscription and of another consisting of a single
Sanskrit verse which is identical with the last verse of the
Kailāsanātha inscription of Rājasiṁha (South Indian Inscriptions, Vol.
I, No. 24) and with the 3rd verse of the Shore Temple inscription of the
same king at Mahābalipuram (No. 28 above), it may be presumed that the
temple of Tāḷapurīśvara was constructed during his reign, A photo-litho
of this record is given in the Epigraphical Report for 1916, facing page
114.

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XIX, pages 113 and 114. See also
Indian Antiquary, Vol. XLVIII, pp. 231 ff.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.29 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu
1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
13, item 29.