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South Indian Inscriptions |
| No. | Place of inscription. | Dynasty. | King. | Date. | Language and alphabet. | Remarks. |
| TRICHINOPOLY DI STRICT─contd. TRICHINOPOLY TALUK─contd. Srīraṅgam─contd. | ||||||
| 149 | South wall of the Chakrattālvār shrine in the same temple. | …. | Tribhuvanachakravartin Kōnērinmaikoṇḍān. | 21st year, 290th day. | Tamil | Registers the confirmation by the king of a tax-free grant of the village Chittiravalli alias Kēraḷa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Kōṭtaikkarai-nāḍu, made by his father (ayyan) Kulaśēkhara for the expenses of conducting the service called Kulaśēkharan-śandi instituted in his name in the shrine of Tiruvāli-Ālvār. |
| 150 | Same wall | …. | …. | …. | Do. | In characters of the 14th century A.D. Incomplete. Mentions Tiruvāli-Ālvār. |
| 151 | Do. | Vijayanagara | Achyutarāya | Śaka 1461 (expressed in chronogram), Viḷambi, Nakra (Karkaṭaka), ba. 5, Sunday. | Sanskrit | Registers royal gift of a pearl cuirass to the god and a jewelled crown for the goddess. Also registers a gift of 2 kshētra of land in Śangamavalli, received from Śrīraṅganārāyaṇa by Rāmachandra for providing offerings, probably to god Chakrattālvār. |
| 152 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Saka 1460, Viḷambi, Karkataka, ba. 5, Sunday, Pūraṭṭādi. | Tamil | Connected with the above inscription. Registers gift of 2 vēli of land for providing offerings to Tiruvāli-Ālvān by Rāmachandran alias Śrīraṅganārāyaṇajīyar Brahmārāya, son of Narasiṁha-bhaṭṭa of the Kauśika-gōtra, which he had obtained from his guru Śrīraṅganārāyaṇajīyar, on the occasion of Makara saṅkrānti at the time of his spiritual initiation. |
| 153 | Capital of two pillars in the maṇḍapa in front of the same shrine. |
…. | …. | …. | Sanskrit in Grantha | States that Virūpāksha, son of Harihara and grandsons of Bukka and the dauhitra of Rāmabhūpati constructed the vimāna, gōpura, and maṇḍapa to the god Chakrin and that he further made a gift of the village Pāchchil. |
| 154 | Pillar in the inner recess of the Veḷḷaigōpura. | …. | …. | …. |
Grantha | Fragment. Refers to the construction of a bridge by Muddapaimantri of the Kāśyapa-gōtra, over the river Kāvēri(Sahyātmajā). |
| 155 | Inner wall of the south gōpura leading to the Chittirai Street. | Vijayanagara | Narasiṅgadēva-Mahārāya | Śaka 1428, Prabhava, Tulā, ba. 3, Saturday, Rōhiṇi. | Tamil | Registers gift of land in the southern portion of Tirumuḍikkurai by purchase for rearing flowers, cocoanut trees and vegetables to the temple, by Ūḷiyam Talayäri-Ekāṇḍār. |
| LALGUDI TALUK. | ||||||
| 156 | Tiruppaṅgili : North wall of the second prākāra in the Nīlivanēśvara temple. | Chōḷa | Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulōttu ṅ g a-Chōḷa ‘who was pleased to take Madura. Īlam and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya’. | 27th year, Makara, ba. 11, Monday, Mula. | Do. | Registers gift of land by an agambaḍip-peṇḍu named Nambāṇḍāḷ, daughter of Periya-Nāchchi of Āragaḷūr in Āvrūrkūrram, as dēvadāna to Emberumakkaḷ’ set up by her in the temple of Tiruppaiññili-uḍaiya Nāyanār. |
| 157 | Same wall | Do. | Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarājadēva | 7 + 1st year | Do. | Registers a mortgage deed executed by three persons of Śhuśāttamaṅgaḷam, pledging their lands to the temple in returned for a loan raised by them from the temple treasury to pay off their arrears of taxes. |
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