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South Indian Inscriptions


 

V.- Inscriptions at Tiruvallam

No. 61 to 63 north wall of the maha mandapa & west wall of the kitchen

No. 42 - On a boulder near Tiruvallam & No. 43 - Bilvanathesvara temple

No. 44 to 47 Bilvanathesvara shrine

No. 48 to 51 west, north, south wall of the shrine

No. 52 to 54 wall shrine, & maha mandapa & nakulesvara shrine

No. 55 to 57 Bilvanathesvara shrine, south wall of the maha mandapa

No. 58 to 60 verandah round the Bilvan, maha mandapa, north of the tank

No. 61.- On the wall to the north of the tank in the Bilvanathesvara temple

This inscription is dated in the 11th year of the reign of Kulottunga-Choladeva (II.)[1] and records that certain income was assigned to the temple by the same Sengeni chief who is mentioned in No. 132 of Vol. I.

(Line 1.) In the 11th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, Sri-Konerimelkonda-Kulottunga-Soladeva,[2] - I, Sengeni Ammaiappan Kannudaipperuman,[3] alias Vikrama-Sola-Sambuvarayan, gave to the god the internal revenue of the temple of the lord Tiruvallam-udaiyar, the taxes in paddy and the taxes in money accruing from the external revenue due from (the fields called) Vadakandam and Kamugadi, the tax on looms,[4] the tax on Ajivikas,[5] all the renue of Tikkali-Vallam, the minor taxes[6] and (the fines called) kurram and danda, including the share of the village accountant and the share and tax of the temple accountant.

(L. 8.) He who obstructs this charity, shall incur the sin of killing a tawny cow between the Ganga and Kumari.

(L. 10.) The feet of him who protects this charity (shall be) on my head.

No. 62.- On the North wall of Mahamandapa in the Bilvanathesvara temple

This inscription is dated in the [3]4th year of the reign of Kulottunga-Choladeva and records the gift of two lamps by Ariyapillai,[7] the queen of Amarabharana-Siya-ganga.  An inscription in the  Ekamranatha temple at Kanchipuram (No. 10 of 1893) mentions the same chief as “the supreme lord of Kuvalalapura (i.e., Kolar), he who was born from the Ganga family, Siyagangan Amarabharanan, alias Tiruvegambamudaiyan,” and is dated in the 27th year of the reign of Kulottunga-Chola III.

According to its preface, the famous Tamil Grammar Nannul was composed by Pavanandi (i.e., Bhavanandin) at the orer of Siyagangan Amarabharanan.  The Ekamranatha inscription proves that Bhavanandin’s patron was a vassal of Kulottunga III.

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the [3]4th year (of the reign) of Kulottunga-Soladeva, Ariyapillai, who was the consort of Amarabharana-Siyaganga, gave to the god of Tiruvallam one twilight lamp and gave to the goddess on (other) twilight lamp.  To these two lamps. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No. 63.- On the west wall of the kitchen in the Bilvanathesvara temple

The subjoined inscription records a remission of taxes by Alagiya-Pallavan.  This chief bore the same surname as Alagiya-Sola, a feudatory of Rajaraja III.,[8] and accordingly seems to have been a member of the Sengeni family.[9]   The inscription refers to the 3rd year of the reign of Vijaya-Gandagopaladeva.  Three inscriptions at Kanchipuram are dated in the Saka year 1187 and in the 15th and 16th years of Tribhuvanachakravartin Vijaya-Gandagopaladeva,[10] who is perhaps identical with the former king.

Hail ! Prosperity ! We, Alagiya-Pallavan Edirili-Sola-Sambuvarayan, have ordered that, from the third year (of the reign) of Vijaya-Gandagopaladeva, if taxes and revenue due to us are levied, (these) taxes and revenue have to be levied after remission of one sixteenth and one fifth, to the extent of the full amount which had not been (levied) in former times.


[1]  See line 2 f. above.

[2]  The title Konerimelkondan was borne by Vira-Chola (p. 47 above), and that of Konerimenkonda by Kulottunga III. (Vol. I. p. 136.)

[3]  The same name is partially preserved at the beginning of text line 2 of No. 132 of Vol. I.

[4]  Compare above, Vol. I. pp. 88, 89 and 108.

[5]  See ibid.  p. 88, note 5.

[6]  The term silveri occurs also in Vol. I. Nos. 59 and 61.

[7]  According to an inscription in the Jabukesvara temple, Ariyapillai was also the name of the mother of a queen of the Hoysala king Ramanatha ; Ep.

[8]  See above, Vol. I. p. 87.

[9]  See page 121 above.

[10]  Int. Ant. Vol. XXI. P. 122, and Vol. XXII. P. 219 f.

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