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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
PART-II TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS II. INSCRIPTIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VELUR NO.49. ON A STONE AT PERUMAI NEAR VELUR The
object of the grant is the village of Perumugai (?), i.e., the
modern Perumai NO.50. ON A STONE AT SEKKANUR NEAR VELUR This
inscription records the gift of the village of Sekkanur to the
Vellore Temple TRANSLATION Let there
be prosperity! The
village of Sekkanur was given for (the requirements of) daily
worship to (the temple of) Jvarakandesvara-svamin (at) Velur.
Let there be prosperity! NO.51. ON A ROCK ON THE TOP OF THE BAVAJI HILLNEAR VELUR This
rock-inscription is written in bold archaic letters ; the lines are
irregular and very close to each other.
The inscription is dated in the twenty-sixth year of a king
called Kannara-deva, and records that Velur-padi was given to the
temple of Pannapesvara on the top of the hill of Sudaduparai (Sudaduparai-malai)
by Nulamban Tribhuvanadhira, alias Mudi-melan Sri-Pallava-Murari.
Another Nulamban, the first part of bhuvandadhira,seems to have
received Velur-padi together with the hill of Sudaduparai from
Vira-Chola. Velur-padi
is probably the same as Velapadi, a suburb of Vellore, near which
the Bavaji Hill is situated, and which is supposed to be the oldest
part of the town.[1]
Sudaduparai-malai must have been the old name of the Bavaji Hill.
It was situated in the north of Pangala-nadu, a division of
Paduvur-kottam. The
Siva temple on its top had been founded by, and was called after, a
certain Pannappai. Besides
the present Tamil inscription, five obliterated Telugu inscriptions
are found on the top of the Bavaji Hill.
Four of them mention a certain Nallaguruvayya ; one of these
four inscriptions is dated in Saka 1539. the Pingala year.
TRANSLATION Hail ! In
the twenty-sixth year of (the reign of) the illustrious
Kannara-deva, I, Nulamban Tribhuvanadhira,[2]
gave, with a libation of water, to (the temple of)
Pannapesvara, which Pannappai had caused to be erected on the hill
of Sudaduparai (Sudaduparai-malai), which is situated in the
north of Pangala-nadu in Paduvur-kottam, to be enjouyed as longas
the moon and the sun endure, Velur-padi,
(a village) of this nadu, (which). . . . Nulamban had
received from Vira-Sorar, together with the hill of Sudaduparai, as
a lasting gift. I, Mudi-melan,[3]
the illustrious Pallava-Murari, (shall be) the servant of
those who protect his charitable gift.
He who injures this charitable gift, shall incur the sin
committed by those who commit (a sin) near the Ganga (or)
Kumari.[4] No.52. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE PERUMAL TEMPLE AT GANGANURNEAR VELUR This
inscription is dated in the Pramathin year, which was the 17th
year of Sakalaloka-chakravartin Sambauvaraya.
This date is at variance with that of a Kanchipuram
inscription, according to which the Vyaya year and the Saka
year 1268 corresponded to the 9th year of
Sakalalochakravartin Rajanarayana Sambuvaryar,[5]and we must either assume that the 9th year is misreading
for the24th year, or that the king mentioned at Kanchipuram and that
of the present inscription are two different persons. The
inscription is a receipt for the cost of Kani,[6]
which a certain Tiruvengadam-udaiyan seems to have sold[7]
to the villagers of Nilakantha-chaturvedi-mangaam and of Sri-Mallinatha-chaturvedi-mangalam.
The first of these two villages was also called
Gangeya-nallur[8] (the
modern Ganganur) and was situated in Karaivari-Andi-nadu[9] TRANSLATION On the
day of (the nakshatra) Rohini, which corresponds to
Monday, the first lunar day of the former half of the month of Rishabha
of the Pramathin year, (which was) the 17th
year of (the reign of) Sakalalokachakravartin, who, having
conquered fortune, took the earth, Sambuvaraya, -Whereas I,
Kottanpakkam-udaiyanâs (son) Tiruvengadam-udaiyan, gave to
the great people of Gangeya-nallur, alais
Nilakantha-chaturvedi-mangalam, a village in Karaivari-Andi-nadu,
and to the great people of Sri-Mallinatha-chaturvedi-mangalam a
receipt for the cost of a Kani ; . . . . . I,
kottambakkam-udaiyanâs (son) Tiruvengadam-udaiyan, (hereby
declare, that I) gave a receipt for the cost of a kani, (as
measured by ?) the accountant of these villages, to the great
people of Nilakntha-chaturvedi-mangalam and to the great people of
Sri-Mallinatha-chaturvedi-mangalam.
This [is the signature of] Tiruvengadam-udaiya[n]. No.53. ON THE INNER WALL OF THE PERUMAL TEMPLE AT SORAPURAM NEAR VELLUR This
inscription is written in archaic characters ; it is much
obliterated, and incoplete at the end.
The date is the twenty-third year of
Ko-Vijaya-[Simha]vikaramavarman.
The inscription records a grant to the Vishnu temple at
Kattutumbur, which was probably another name of Sorapuram.
The temple had been founded by the same person or persons who
made the grant. The
object granted was a piece of land at Kanakavalli, which, persons
who made the grant. The object granted was a piece of land at Kanakavalli, which,
like Kattuttumbur itself,
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