# Kīḻmuṭṭukūr hero-stone, time of Parakesarivarman, year 29

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00160

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00160.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śr(ī)

matirai ko⟨2⟩ṭa kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉ⟨3⟩maṟr’ iyāṇṭ’ iru-patt’
o⟨4⟩ṅpa(t)-āvatu

perumāna⟨5⟩ṭikaḷāṉ mukku⟨6⟩(ṭ)ṭūr toṟu-k ⟨7⟩ (koḷ)ḷa mī(ṭ)⟨8⟩(ṭu-p)
paṭṭ(ā)⟨9⟩(ṉ) vatuna⟨10⟩(v)āraṉ ⟨11⟩ (va)ratan t(ā)⟨12⟩(ṇ)ṭaṉ

## Translation by Hultzsch 1896–1897

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! In the twenty-ninth year ⟨of the reign⟩ of king
Parakēsarivarman who conquered Madirai,―when cattle were lifted[1] ⟨at⟩
Mukkuṭṭūr by the Perumānaḍigal―Vadu(nav)āraṉ (Va)ratan T(āṇ)ṭaṉ, having
recovered ⟨them⟩, fell.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-ninth year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai.

⟨4–12⟩ When Perumāṉaṭikaḷ seized cattle ⟨in⟩ Mukkuṭṭūr, He who fell
recovering ⟨it⟩ is Vatunavāraṉ Varataṉ Tāṇṭaṉ.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1895–96 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/1).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.22B).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1896–1897 and
photos (E. Francis 2024).

### Primary

[EH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Three Tamil
inscriptions at Kil-Muttugur.” EI 4, pp. 177–179. Pages 178–179.

### Secondary

ARIE 1895–96. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing
the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and
directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen
Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1896. Page 8, appendix B/1896, item 1.

[1] [p. 179, fn. 2] The expression toṟu=kkoḷḷa, ‘to lift cattle,’ is
used also in the two Ambūr inscriptions, No. 23 [EI 22.23] below.