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INSCRIPTIONS
COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1905-1906
KRISHNADEVARAYA
No.
47 (Page No.
45)
(A.
R. NO. 47 of 1906)
Tanjavur
District, Mayuram Taluk, Tirukkadaiyur
Amritaghatesvara
Temple-On The Wall Of The Third Gopura
Krishnadevaraya-Vijaya,
Adi 20 (A.D. 1533-34)
[Or
Vrisha, A.D. 1521, July 18]
This
is a pair of verses in Tamil in praise of one
Apatsahayan Abhanguran who is called ‘the chief of
Kadavai’ and who is stated to have taken part in the
invasion of Raichur and Bijapur (Vijayanagara) along
with the king. The
inscription records the renovation of the temple and the
institution of the daily recital of the Vedas by
suitable provision of lands.
No.
142 (Page No.
118)
(A.
R. No. 142 Of 1906)
South
Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Elvanasur
Gramardhanatha
Temple-On The Same Wall
Krishnadeva-Maharaya-Saka
1439.
The
date is given as Isvara, Magha, Paurnami corresponding
to A.D. 1518 January 26. It was a Tuesday. The
inscription is much damaged. The contents are
similar to those of No.s 74 and 288 of 1903 and No. 125
of 1904 which Describe the emperor’s conquests of the
several regions and record his remission of the Jodi and
sulavari from villages specified amounting to ten
thousand varahas in favour of the Siva and Vishnu
temples in the Chola country of which this is one.
No.
240
(Page No.
189)
(A.
R. No.240 of 1906)
North
Arcot District, Cheyyar Taluk, Tiruppanangadu.
Siva
Temple – On The West Wall Of The Kripanatha Shrine.
Krishnadeva-Maharaya
– Saka 1432.
The
details of date are given as Pramoduta, Karkataka, su.
3, Monday, Punarvasu corresponding to A.D. 1510, July 8.
The nakshatra was Magha not Punarvasu. The king is
called the son of Narasanayaka who bears the birudas
Ganda katari Saluva and Vanyavettai-kandaruliya. The
inscription records the gift of the taxes on yarn due to
him from the weavers of the village by Tirumalai-nayakar,
son of Ellappa-nayakar, for meeting the expenses of
special worship and offerings known as
Vasanta-mandapa-ubayam on the 6th day of the festival in
the month of Vaigasi in the temple of
Tiruppanangadudaiyar.
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