Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of a Cōḻa king, year 40 something

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Fragment. Dated to the year 40 something of a Cōḻa king whose name is lost. This is Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa (r. 1070-1120) according to Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026, who, indeed, is the only Cōḻa king to have reigned for more than 40 years.

On a block in the north wall of the mahāmaṇḍapa.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00807.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00807.xml.

Version: 2026-06-02 18:45 (16aef47), last modified 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a).

Edition

⟨1⟩ […] cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nāṟ […]

⟨2⟩ […] k[ō]ṭṭattu nakaraṅ kāñci […]

⟨3⟩ […] kōṭṭaṟai Uṭai […]

⟨4⟩ […] vanta […]

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal and Irāmacāmi 2024 and Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026.

This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).

Primary

[V1] Vicayavēṇukōpal, Kō. and Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam. Pages 9–10, item 7.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy and Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Page 19, item 7.

Secondary

ARIE 1920–21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921.

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