Rāyakōṭa plates, time of Skandaśiṣya

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00257.

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

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⟨2r1=9⟩ ... svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kantaśiṣya-vikkirama-paru⟨ma⟩rkku yāṇṭu-

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⟨3v1=33⟩ ... ¿v?a¿s?ubhir vasudhā dattā rāj¿ā?bhiḥ sa¿virāja?bhi(ḥ)

⟨3v2=34⟩ y¿ā?sya yasya ¿yadhā? bhūmi tasya tasya ¿śatā? phalaM |||

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1962–63 (ARIE/1962-1963/A/1962-1963/11), in Francis 2013 (IR 87).

Edited in Hultzsch 1898–1899 (EI 5.8). Edited in Subrahmanian 1966. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 257). Sanskrit text and French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 71).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1898–1899. “Rayakota plates of Skandasishya.” Epigraphia Indica 5, pp. 49–53.

[TPC] Subrahmanian, T.N. 1966. Pallavar ceppēṭukaḷ muppatu / Thirty Pallava Copper-Plates (Prior to 1000 A.D.) Madras: Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. [URL]. Pages 89–106.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 633–635, item 257.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 777–783, item 71.

Secondary

ARIE 1962–63. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1962-63. By G. S. Gai. Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1967. Page 48, appendixes A/1962-1963, item 11.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Pages 299–300, item IR 87.

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