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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00807

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00807.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

## 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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

## 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 & 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. & 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 & 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.