Tārācuram/Darasuram, Airavateśvara temple, no king, no year
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Apparatus
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1907-1908/C/1908/26B).
Edited and translated in Srinivasan 1987.
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasan 1987. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.
Primary
[S] Srinivasan, P.R. 1987. “Epigraphical study.” In: Darasuram. Epigraphical Study. Étude architecturale. Étude iconographique. Edited by Françoise L’Hernault. Mémoires Archéologiques 16. Paris: EFEO. Page 23, item a.III.
Secondary
ARIE 1907–08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 42, appendix C/1908, item 26B.
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