The Indian Analyst

No.

Findspot

Dynasty

King

Date

Language and
Alphabet

Remarks

 

MADRAS─contd.

 

 

 

 

 

27

Museum, Pudukkōṭṭai

Vijayanagara

Śrīraṅgadēva

Śaka 1715, Kali 4894, Pramādm, Māśi
śu. 15, Friday, Āyilyam (Lunar
eclipse)= 1794 A.C., February 14, ∙86 ;
∙37 (Lunar eclipse).

Tamil

Incomplete. The inscription stops after the date portion.

28

Do.

Do.

Do.

Saka 1725, Kali 4904, Rudhirōdgārin
Āvaṇi 3, ba. 15, Wednesday, Māgha
(Solar eclipse) = 1803 A.C., August
17, Wednesday, ∙26 ; f.d.n., ∙16
(Solar eclipse).

Tamil and Grantha

Registers the gift of the village Rāmachandrapuram alias­ Sēndam …ur to Kuppaṇ-Ayyaṅgār, a resident of Tañja- nagara and son of Śeshādri Ayyaṅgār, by the chief mentioned in No. 18 above.

29

Do.

Tanjore Nāyakas

Vijayarāghava

Saka 1581, Vikārin, Śrāvaṇa, paurṇamī,
(Varalakshmīvṛa-tam).

Telugu and Sanskrit
in Telugu Charac- ters.

Incomplete. Records a gift of lands to several Śrīvaish-ṇavas, of various gōtras and sūtras of the village Śrī-Champa- kamannārupuram, by Achyutavijayarāghavāchāryalu, the ruler of Chelipaṭṭi-Neḍugoṇḍapura. Traces in verse the genealogy of the Nāyakas of Tanjore.

30

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Beginning lost. Seems to refer to the same gift mentioned in No. 29 above consisting of 42 shares in the agrahāra newly kkuḍi and Kōyīru, on the same occasion. Also mentions the consecretion of a temple and excavations of a tank.

31

Do.

….

Vikramarāya (?)

Śaka 1390, Vyaya, Tai 11 (wrong).

Tamil

The language of this and the following plates is corrupt. Seems to record the settlement of boundaries for the disputed lands of Tantirimār, under the supervision of Savundirapāṇḍi-
yarājā. The chief Vikramarāya figuring in this and the following records bears all the characteristic Vijayanagara titles.

32

Do.

….

Do.

Śaka 1430, Rudhirōd- gārin, Aippaśi 5
(wrong).

Do.

Records the distribution of lease rights over disputed lands among the Tantirimār and Vāṇādarāyar, a Kārkātta- vēḷāḷar, under the direct supervision of Savundirapāṇḍiyarāja.
States that the records were engraved in temples nearby. Arukādavaṭṭagai Mūvendavēḷān figures as the accountant.

33

Do.

….

Do.

Śaka 140, Tāraṇa, Aippaśi 9 (wrong).

Do.

Seems to record the settlement of a dispute over the procession of the Amman in Umaiyāṇḍāpuram alias – Pulvayal. The name of the accountant is the same as that found in
No. 32 above.




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