SII 12.33: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: NANDIVARMAN II. No. 33. (C.P. No. 10 of 1911-12). KAŚĀKUḌI PLATES OF NANDIVARMAN: 22ND YEAR.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This copper-plate charter in Grantha and Tamil characters was found at Kaśākuḍi near Kāraikāl in French India. It is dated in the 22nd year of Nandivarman II, also known as Pallavamalla, Kshatriyamalla, Nayadhīra, and Śrīdhara, and records a gift made by the king, at the request of his minister Brahmaśrīrāja, of the village Koḍukoḷḷi which was later surnamed as Ēkadhīramaṅgalam,¹ to a Brāhmaṇa named Jyēshṭapāda-Sōmayājin of the Bhāradvāja-gōtra residing at Pūniya in Toṇḍāka-rāshṭra.

Language: Undetermined (und) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0033.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0033.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:11 (e60c7f9), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Commentary

Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II. pp. 342 ff.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.33 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 14, item 33.

Notes

1. Ēkadhīra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam referred to in a record of Rājarāja I (A. R. No. 370 of 1902) is probably another village named after Ēkadhīra i.e., Pallavamalla. cf. also Nayadhīramaṅgalam (S.I.I. Vol. II, p. 338).

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