Vaḻuvūr, time of Nṛpatuṅgappōttaraiyar, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Inscription recording the foundation of a sluice.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00153.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00153.xml.

Version: 2026-05-10 23:43 (066b6dc), last modified 2026-05-06 08:33 (9e928b6).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nirupatoṅka-p-pōt-
⟨2⟩ taraiyarkku yāṇṭu Ā-
⟨3⟩ ṟ-āvatu vaḷakūril (Ā)ḻu-
⟨4⟩ ntūr-nāṭṭu maṉṉār-(maṅ)-
⟨5⟩ (kalam aṟa)miḷippāruḻāṉ vaḷakū-
⟨6⟩ r ce¡yi!vitta tūmpu

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨2–4⟩ Sixth year of Nirupatoṅkappōttaraiyar.¹

⟨3–6⟩ The sluice that ... had made.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908–09 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/68).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.62). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 153). Edited in Civāṉantam 2018.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 25–26, item 62.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 451, item 153.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2018. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XIII. Tiruvaṇṇāmalai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti II. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 52. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Item 234/2018, page 98.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1908–09. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 12, appendix B/1908, item 68.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅga + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nṛpatuṅga.

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