# SII 12.60: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Nandivarman III. No. 60. (A.R. No. 120 of 1928-29).
LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0060

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0060.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the year opposite to the 4th of some king
whose name is, however, not mentioned. It states that the sabhā of
Nallimaṅgalam agreed to maintain a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟṟunāḍu, from a gift of 60 kāśu
made by Nandippōttaraiyar ‘who fought the battle of Teḷḷāṟu and gained
victory (in it).’ Judging from palaeography, the record may be assigned
to the 10th century A.D. Consequently this inscription has to be treated
as a later copy of the original record which probably belonged to the
time of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Varaguṇa-Pāṇḍya I. The donor may easily be
identified with Nandivarman III from the reference to Teḷḷāṟu.

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XX, p. 52.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.60 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. Pages
24–25, item 60.