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The Indian Analyst
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Annual Reports |
| No. | Place of inscription. | Dynasty. | King. | Date. | Language and alphabet. | Remarks. |
| SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT─contd. TINDIVANAM TALUK. | ||||||
| 311 | Iḍaiyāḷam.─Rock called the Siddharpārai near a tank in the village. | …. | …. | …. | Grantha | Two pairs of foot-marks, a book-stand, two kamaṇdalus and two fly-whisks are engraved on the rock, and in a circular line round them is engraved in modern characters an anushṭub verse paying obeisance to Mallishēṇa-Muniśvara otherwise called Vāmanāchārya. |
| 312 | Same rock | …. | …. | …. | Do. | Round a pair of foot-marks and a book-stand is engraved the name Vimalajinadēva. |
| 313 | Do. | Chōḷa | Uḍaiyār Rājēndradēva | 11th year | Tamil | States that this is the padinaruśāṇ-kōl with which the field was measured. A line 12 feet in length is engraved near it, to represent this measuring rod. |
| 314 | Balipīṭha in the Jaina temple | …. | …. | …. | Do. | In modern characters. Contains the name of Jinadēvar of Iḍaiyāḷam. Near this, on a pillar is engraved the name of Appāṇḍār-Nayinār, who probably presented the pillar. |
| 315 | Kūṭṭākkuḍi.─Rock in front of a ruined Gaṇēśa temple at Pāṇḍapuram (hamlet). | Chōḷa | Tribhuvanachakravartin… ‘who having taken Madura and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya was pleased to perform the anointment of heroes and of victors.’ | 33rd year | Do. | Much damaged. Mentions Pāṇḍapuram. |
| 316 | Same rock |
…. | …. | …. | Do. | Gives the name Uḍaiyanāchchi-kuḷam, probably of the irrigation tank in the vicinity. |
| 317 | Do. | Vijayanagara | Kṛishṇadēva-Māhārāya. | Śaka 1434, Āṅgira, Āḍi 2. |
Do. | Damaged. Mentions Kōnēri-Appar and his agent Appan. |
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| 318 | Pondicherry.─Slab set up in a fountain. | …. | …. | A.D. 1862 | Latin | Impression of the inscription and its reading kindly sent by Prof. J. Dubreuil of Pondicherry. States that in the time of Napoleon III, Imperator of the French, Alexander Durand d’Ubroye, the Governor of French India, erected (the fountain) at the site of the fort built by Governor Martin (see No. 179 of 1936-37). |
| 319 | Salb built into the wall of the fort | …. | …. | A.D. 1745 | Do. | States that in the reighn of Louis XV, king of France Joseph, Francois Dupleix the Governor of the (French) East India Company built the fortifications on the shore toghther with the ‘ Porte Marine’ at the request of the inhabitants of Pondicherry. |
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