Āmpūr, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 26

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kaliyirāmaṉ.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00189.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00189.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:33 (d9e9623), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-niru-
⟨2⟩ pat¡o!ṅka-vikkirama-pa-
⟨3⟩ ruma[r]kku yāṇṭ’ iru-pa-
⟨4⟩ tt’ āṟ-āvatu paṭuvū-
⟨5⟩ r-k-kōṭṭattu mēl-a
⟨6⟩ ṭaiy(ā)ṟu-nāṭṭu Āmai(y)[ūr]
⟨7⟩ mēl nuḷampaṉ (pa)[ṭai-y]
⟨8⟩ vantu toṟu-k koḷḷa (p)i(ruti-ka)-
⟨9⟩ ṅkaraiyar cēvakar Akala[ṅkattu]-
⟨10⟩ varāyar marukaṉ mā(c)i(ḻu) [***]-
⟨11⟩ (ṉ)i vēṭaṉ kaliyirāma[ṉ paṭṭāṉ]

Translation

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-sixth year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅka-vikkirama-parumar.¹

⟨4–11⟩ When the Nuḷampaṉ came ⟨with⟩ his army upon Āmaiyūr, in the Mēlaṭaiyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, and seized cattle, Kaliyirāṁaṉ, a hunter …, the nephew of Akalaṅkattuvarāyar, a servant of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar, died.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1895–96 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/8).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.23B). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 188).

This revised edition Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous editions.

Primary

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Two Tamil inscriptions at Ambur.” EI 4, pp. 180–183. Page 183.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 520, item 189.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1895–96. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1896. Page 9, appendix B/1896, item 8.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

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