# SII 17.396: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 396. (A.R. No. 366 of 1904.) NĀRTTĀMALAI,
PUDUKKOTTAI, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0396

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0396.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

On a rock north of the Arumaikkuḷam pond.

This inscription is in archaic characters of about the 9th century A.D.

It records the construction of a sluice for aṇimada-ēri by
Tamiḻadiyaraiyan Mallaṉ Vīḍamaṉ. Śōṉa Nāraiyaṉ, the tachchaṉ (mason) who
did the work was granted some land

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## Commentary

Published in Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No. 11.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.396 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian
Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of
Publications). Page 169, item 396.