Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman, year [unspecified]

Authors of digital edition: Valérie Gillet (vagi), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; on the wall section to the west of the central niche of the southern façade of the sanctuary; lost regnal year of Kōrājake[sarivarman]; unidentified king; this is just the beginning of an unfinished inscription.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-07-03 14:30 (4b7f9d0), last modified 2025-07-03 14:30 (4b7f9d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-Irājak(ē) [***] maku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu

Translation by Gillet 2024

⟨1⟩ Fortune! Prosperity!

⟨1–2⟩ [This is] the year of Kōrājakesarivarman.

Commentary

Unfinished inscription.

Bibliography

Reported, edited and translated in Gillet 2024, based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2016-2018).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

Gillet, Valérie. 2024. Minor Majesties: The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars and their South Indian Kingdom of Paḻuvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D. New York: Oxford University Press. [URL]. Page TBC, item TBC.

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