Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of a Cōḻa king, year 40 something

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Fragment. Dated to the year 40 something of a Cōḻa king whose name is lost. This is Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa (r. 1070-1120) according to Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026, who, indeed, is the only Cōḻa king to have reigned for more than 40 years.

On a block in the north wall of the mahāmaṇḍapa.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00807.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00807.xml.

Version: 2026-07-09 16:43 (fddfc67), last modified 2026-06-30 10:04 (f286a91).

Edition

⟨1⟩ […] cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nāṟ […]

⟨2⟩ […] k[ō]ṭṭattu nakaraṅ kāñci […]

⟨3⟩ […] kōṭṭaṟai Uṭai […]

⟨4⟩ […] vanta […]

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal & Irāmacāmi 2024 and Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026.

This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).

Primary

[V1] Vicayavēṇukōpal, Kō. & Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam. Pages 9–10, item 7.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Page 19, item 7.

Secondary

ARIE 1920–21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921.

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