Kāñcipuram, Ulakaḷantaperumāḷ, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 18

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Granting of trade permission.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00135.

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Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī teḷḷāṟṟ’ erinta nan-
⟨2⟩ ti-p-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu pa-
⟨3⟩ tin eṭṭ-āvātu Aṉuttara-p-pal(la)-
⟨4⟩ varaiyaṉ viṇṇappaṭṭāṟ k(ā)-
⟨5⟩ ṭupaṭṭi-tamiḻ-p-pēraiyāṉ ā-
⟨6⟩ ṇatti-y-āka viṭēlviṭuku kutirai-
⟨7⟩ -c-cēriyārkku-k karuppūran talaiy⟨ā⟩-
⟨8⟩ ka-c ceruppu-k kaṭai-y-āka Ella-
⟨9⟩ -vyāpāramun kaṭai Eṟi vāṇika-
⟨10⟩ ñ ceyya-p-peruvār-āka-p paṇittōm pūmi Uḷḷa Aḷavu-
⟨11⟩ Itaṟku sa⟨r⟩vva- (parihāra)māka-k ku-
⟨12⟩ (ṭuttōm) Ip-paricu muṟṟuvit-
⟨13⟩ tāṉ caṭṭaṭṭa-pōcaṉ veṇṇa(ṉ)

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Eighteenth year of Nantipōttaraiyar,¹ who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu.

⟨3–10⟩ ...

⟨10–13⟩ ...

Bibliography

Edited in MCC Magazine 8 (1890-91), p. 98-104. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 135).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Mahalingam 1988. Grantha characters not certified.

Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 404–405, item 135.

Secondary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume V: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government Press. Page 225, item 567.²

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.
2. The original text is not provided.

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