PANDYA INSCRIPTIONS
MEDIAEVAL PANDYAS
(JATAVARMAN
SRIVALLABHA.)
No. 251.
(A. R. No. 138 of
1910.)
Tenkarai,
Periyakulam Taluk, Madurai District.
On a stone
set up in the courtyard of the Mulasthanesvara temple.
This record of Jatavarman Srivallabha is dated in the
20 + 1st year of his reign.
It mentions the merchant-guild of Ayyapolil and appears to record
certain rules framed by them in regard to the social classes Valangai
and Idangai. As it is much
damaged its full purport cannot be made out.
No. 252.
(A. R. No. 93 of
1908.)
Tiruppattur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
east wall of the mandapa in the Tiruttalisvara temple.
This inscription belongs to the 21st year of Tribhuvanachakravartin
Srivallabhadeva, and registers a gift of 50 sheep by Rajendrasolan Keralan alias [Nishadarajan for burning a lamp in the
temple of Sritali-Paramesvara at Tirupputtur. Nishadarajan as evidently identical with Nishadarajan, who has figured
in another record (A. R. No. 42 of 1929) of this king and in another
of Kulottunga-chola I (A. R. No.
94 of 1908), after whose name
he had apparently copied his surname Rajenderasolan.
No. 253.
(A. R. No. 41 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south wall of the second prakara of the Svayamprakasa temple.
This record of the 21st year of
Tribhuvanachakravartin Srivallabha registers a gift of land by
Tiruchchirramablam-udiayan Tiruvenkadattalvan of Marudur, a merchant of
Aruviyur alias Desi-uyyavanda-pattanam for the kitchen expenses of the
temple of Tiruttandonri-udaiyar at Nripasekhara-chaturvedimangalam. The land had been purchased from a certain
Maran Koran.
No. 254.
(A. R. No. 322 of
1908.)
Kuruvitturai,
Nilakkottai Taluk, Madurai District.
On the
north wall of the Chitraratha-vallabha-Perumal temple.
This record of Jatavarman Srivallabha dated on the 200th
day of the 22nd year of his reign purports to have been issued
while the king was seated on the pallikkattil called Pandiyerayan
in the theatre (natakasalai) with the palace at Madurai. It registers the remission of taxes granted
by him in 5 veli of land, for worship, etc., to god
Tiruchchakkarattalvar at Solanataka-chaturvedimangalam in Paganur-kurram.
The royal order issued under the name of Konerimaikondan is
engraved in continuation of this document and both the records are signed by
Parakramapandya-Uttaramantri.
No. 255.
(A. R. No. 319 and 320 of 1908.)
Kuruvitturai,
Nilakkottai Taluk, Madurai District.
On the
north wall of the Chitrarathavallabha-Perumal temple.
These two complementary inscriptions are dated in the 22nd
year of an unspecified king who laws evidently Jatavarman Srivallabha. One of them is an order (olai) issued
by Kalingarajan to the Srivaishnavas of the temple intimating the fact
that the lands mentioned in No. 254 above belonging to the Chakrattalvar temple
were made tax-free, and the second gives publicity to this exemption granted on
these lands.
No. 256.
(A. R. No. 709 of
1916.)
Sermadevi,
Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the Ramasvamin temple.
This is an incomplete inscription of the 22 + 1st
year of the king and it stops after the mentioning the name of the village.
No. 257.
(A. R. No. 555 of
1922.)
Tiruttangal,
Sattur taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
east wall of the mandapa in
the Ninranarayana-Perumal temple.
This record of Srivallabha dated in the year
opposite to the 22nd year of his reign contains the date 22nd
year and [5]40th day at the end. The king while seated on the throne named Kalingattaraiyan
in his palace at Madurai issued this order to the mulaparishad of Tiruttangal to the effect that this
village which had originally been a devadna-brahmadeya of
Karunilakkudi-nadu and had subsequently been made tax-paying was to be restored
to its original classification from the 23rd year of the kingâs
reign. The income accruing from the
taxes was to be utilized for the expenses in the temple of god Paramasvamin who
was pleased to be stationed on the Tirumalai at the place. The order is signed by Araiyan Soman alias
Minavadaraiyan of Koluvanur in the eastern portion of the Milalai-kurram.
No. 258.
(A. R. No. 574 of
1922.)
Tiruttangal,
Sattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On left
side of the entrance into the Sengamala-
Nachchiyar shrine in the
Ninranarayana-Perumal temple.
This is an incomplete inscription dated in the 23rd
year of the king. It mentions the mulaprishad
of Tiruttangal, a devadana-brahmadeya in Karunilakkudi-nadu a
subdivision of Madurodaya-valanadu, a district in Pandi-nadu.
No. 259.
(A. R. No. 56 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
east wall of the second prakara of the Svayamprakasa temple.
This record dated in the 24th year of Tribhuvanachakravartin
Srivallabha registers a gift of land and a house-site for the maintenance
of a matha at Sivapuri called the Alagiya-manavalan by Alagiya-manavalan
Udiyanambi alias A agaiman of Tirunallur, a merchant of Aruviyur alias
Desi-uyyavanda-pattanam in Keralasinga-valanadu. The land was purchased from Setti-Jatavedan. The land-measure in use at this time was arulnidi-kol.
Among the boundaries of the land are mentioned the names Mudigonda-Solappereri
and Solapandiya-vadi.
No. 260.
(A. R. No. 42 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south wall of the second prakara in the Svayamprakasa temple.
Dated in the 25th year of the king, this
inscription registers a gift of land by the chieftain Rajendrasolan Keralan alias Devar Nishadarajan alias
Alalasundarapperumal for the expenses of the temple of
Tiruttandonrisvaram-Udaiyar. At the end
of the record the donorâs name is also specified as Tappilavachakan. In a record of Parakrama-Pandya (A. R. No.
94 of 1908) dated in his 11th
year, this chieftain is mentioned as Rajendrasolan Keralan alias
Nishadarajan of Ponnamarapati in Puramalai-nadu Parakraman should have preceded
Srivallabha or should have been a near contemporary (No. 252 above).
No. 261.
(A. R. No. 49 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Tauk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south wall of the Svayamprakasa temple.
This inscription is dated in the year opposite to the 26th
year of the reign of Srivallabha. It is incomplete and appears to register
gift of money by a brahmana lady of Sivapuri which was invested on the
purchase of some land named Sikhandivasakkal, for providing worship to
god Tiruttandorisvaram-Udaiyar at Nripasekhara-chaturvedimangalam.
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No. 262.
(A. R. No. 619 of
1926.)
Vikkiramangalam,
Tirumangalam Taluk, Madurai District.
On the two
doorjambs of a ruined shrine near the Marudappar temple.
At the request of Kallingarajna, the lands in Sekkali
were reconstituted into a new village called Srivallavanallur and given as
tax-free devadana to the temple
of Madurodaya-Isvaram-Udaiyar at Vikkiramasolapuram. The king Srivallabha was seated in his palace at Madurai, while
issuing this record, the date of which is not specified.
No. 263.
(A. R. No. 592 of
1915.)
Tirumalaipuram,
Sankaranayinarkoyil Tauk, Tirunelveli District.
On a
pillar in the rock-cut cave.
This damaged inscription of Tirbhuvanachakravartin Srivallabha
states that the king was seated on the Pandiyarajan in the Alagiyapandiyan hall in the palace to the north of
Solantaka-chaturvedimangalam in Paganur-kuram and issued the order to the sabhaiyar of Viranarayanamangalam in
Tugavur-kurram and of some other village in regard to a new colony founded by
him, the name of which is obliterated.
No. 264.
(A. R. No. 7 of
1929.)
Dalapatisamudram,
Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
base of the verandah in the Tirunagesvara temple.
This record belongs to the reign of Jatavarman
Srivallabha though it is not specifically dated in any regnal year. The king is stated to have been seated on
the bed-stead (pallikkattil) called Kalingattaraiyan in the
bed-chamber (palliyaraikkudam) in the northern wing of the palace at
Rajendrasolapuram in the subdivision Rajasingan-kulakkil, in
Madurodaya-valanadu while issuing this record. It registers a tax-free gift of land for worship to the god Tirumayiladuparai-udaiya-Mahadeva
at Parakrama-Pandya-chaturvedimangalam in Nattarruppokku, and the boundaries of
the land were marked out by the kingâs officers.
The name Parakrama-Pandya-Chaturvedimangalam indicates that
a king named Parakrama-Pandya lived about this time; this is also inferable
from some other records noticed above.
No. 265.
(A. R. No. 477 of
1929-30.)
Sendamangalam,
Tiruchchendur Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the central shrine in the Kailasanatha temple.
This record of Jatavarman Srivallabha is damaged and
so its date is lost. It appears to
relate to some sale of land and mentions Parantaka-valanadu, a division
apparently of Pandimandalam.
No. 266.
(A. R. No. 31 of
1909.)
Kunnakkudi,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
north wall of the first cave.
This inscription of Srivallabha dated in the 4th
year records the gift of land for a lamp by Adavi of Tirukkunrakkudi to god
Tirumalaiyudaiya-nayanar.
No. 267.
(A. R. No. 393 of
1917.)
Kilappavur,
Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
west and south walls of the central shrine in the Tiruvalisvara Temple.
This inscription commences with the prasasti of Tirumadandaiyum
Jayamadandaiyum, etc., of Jatavarman Srivallabha and records the
gift of land made tax free in Pattamangalam separated from Kurunganam alias
Telingakulakala-chaturvedimangalam to the god of the temple of
Tirukkapalisvaram in Pagur alias Kshatriyasikhamani-nallur in
Kurumarai-nadu. The king whose name and
regnal year are lost is stated to have issued the order from the throne called
Kalingattaraiyan his palace at Madurai. The 55th day is however mentioned in the body. The gift land is stated to have been renamed
as Sundarapandiyan-vilagam.
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