# SII 13.268: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 268. (A.R. No. 67 of 1934.) VĒLŪR, CHENGAM TALUK,
NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON FIVE PIECES OF A BROKEN SLAB LYING NEAR THE
VĒḌIYAPPAN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0268

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0268.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription has been assigned to the reign of Sundaṟa-Chōḷa on
account of its script (M.E.R. 1934, II, 11). It records the death of
Poṅgala-Vēmbaḍiyār, a resident of Vēḷūr after rescuing the cattle in a
cattle-raid made in this village by another person also called Vēmbaḍi,
son of Poṅgalat-Toṇḍaimāṉ of Mēl-Vēḷār in Miykoṉṟai-nāḍu. To judge from
the name and surname of the combatants in this fight, it seems to have
been a family quarrel between two members of the same clan, both
subordinate to one chief Vēṭṭuvadi Vāṇakōvaraiyar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] korācakecariparumaṟkki (yā)⟨2⟩ṇṭu pati{ṉ}ṉāṟāvatu
veṭṭuvati vāṇa⟨3⟩kovaraiyar(ka)ḷ miykoṉṟaiynāṭṭu me⟨4⟩lveḷūruṭaiya
po(ṅ)kalattoṇṭam(ā)⟨5⟩ṉ makaṉ vempaṭi I⟨6⟩vvūrt to⟨7⟩ṟuk koḷ⟨8⟩ḷat toṟu
⟨9⟩ miṭṭup paṭ⟨10⟩ṭār veḷūru⟨11⟩ṭaiya po(ṅ)⟨12⟩(kalave)⟨13⟩mpaṭiyār [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.268 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with
introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian
Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 142, item
268.