| No. |
Place of inscription. |
Dynasty. |
King. |
Date. |
Language and alphabet. |
Remarks. |
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SOUTH ARCOT DISTRCIT—concld. GINGEE TALUK—contd.
Chittāmūr— contd. |
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| 518 |
Same base, another face. |
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Sanskrit in Kannaḍa |
States that Buśrēshṭi of the Mahā-Nāga-kula erected this mānastambha. |
| 519 |
Inner wall of the gōpura of the same temple. |
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Sanskrit in Grantha |
Verse extolling the merit accruing from service rendered to the Jinālaya. |
| 520 |
Same wall |
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Śaka 1787, Krōdhana, Jyēshṭha, śu. paurṇamī, Friday, Mūla. |
Do. |
States that Abhinava Ādisēna-Bhaṭṭāraka erected a gōpura with Jaina images, by public subscription. |
| 521 |
Vīraṇāmūr.—Lintel over the entrance of the central shrine in the ruined Agastyēśvara temple. |
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Tamil. |
In characters of the 12th century A.D. Sates that the lintels, jambs, etc., of the entrance were the gift of Śīlaiyan Uttamaśōlan alias Nittavinōdavaraiyan. |
| 522 |
Lintel of the entrance into a maṇḍapa in the same temple. |
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Do. |
In characters of the 12th century A.D. States that the maṇḍapa was the gift of the Rathakāras of the 18 districts (Padineṇbhūmi). |
| 523 |
Pillar in the same maṇḍapa |
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Do. |
In characters of the 12th century A.D. States that the steps (to the maṇḍapa) were constructed by Kurunāgan Malaiyan, a manrāḍi of Vāgūr. |
| 524 |
Another pillar in the same place. |
Chōḷa |
Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva |
19th year |
Do. |
Beginning damaged. Registers gift of gold by Aṇukka Vanroṇḍan for a lamp in the temple of Tiruvagnīśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Viraṇāmūr. |
| 525 |
Third pillar in the same place. |
Do. |
Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva “ who was pleased to take Madura. . . . . . .” |
29th |
Do. |
Registers a similar gift by Ēran Toṇḍippiḷḷai of Śēndamaṅgalam to the same temple. |
| 526 |
South base of the same maṇḍapa. |
Do. |
Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājādhirājadēva. |
5th |
Do. |
Much damaged. Seems to register gift of gold for a lamp by the headman of Vīraṇāmūr alias Paṇḍitaśōlanallūr in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu, a subdivision of Uttamaśōla-vaḷanāḍu, which was a district of Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōla-maṇḍalam. Near this inscription is a fragment belonging to the time of Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarājadēva (III). |
| 527 |
Śiṅgavaram.—East wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the rock-cut Raṅganātha temple. |
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Do. |
In characters of the 14th century A.D. States that the pavement in the maṇḍapa was the gift of Ālvān Daṇḍitanāṭṭu-Brahmādarāyan, a Brahman of Nerkunram alias Rājachūḍāmaṇinallūr in Viḍāl-parru. |
| 528 |
Stray stones built into the wall of the name maṇḍapa. |
Chōḷa |
Parakēsarivarman alias Uḍaiyār Rājēndradēva. |
11th year, 135th day |
Do. |
Fragmentary. Seems to state that a certain Brahman who beat to death one Perukkāḷan at Tiruveṇbēḍu, a hamlet of Rājarājachaturvēdimaṅgalam, an independent village in Paṇaiyūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Rājēndraśōla-vaḷanāḍu, was required to burn a perpectual lamp in the temple in expiation of his crime. |
