Kollūr land-measuring rod

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone inscription stating that the distance of approximately 16 feet between two vertical stokes also inscribed is the lenght of a land-measuring rod.

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

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00195.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00195.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:24 (69e3379), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨1⟩ nilam aḷavu kōl

Translation

⟨1⟩ Rod for measuring of land.

Bibliography

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 2023.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Mārkciya Kānti 2023.

Primary

Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 2023. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXIII. Viḻuppuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti V. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 62. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page 200, item 870/1922.

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