# Kollūr land-measuring rod

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00195

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00195.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Stone inscription stating that the distance of approximately 16 feet
between two vertical stokes also inscribed is the lenght of a
land-measuring rod.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ nilam aḷavu kōl

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Rod for measuring of land.

## Bibliography

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 2023.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Mārkciya Kānti 2023.

### Primary

Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 2023. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXIII.
Viḻuppuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti V. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 62.
Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page
200, item 870/1922.