South Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1906

MARAVARMAN SUNDARA PANDYA 

No. 389

(A. R. No. 389 of 1906)

Tiruchirapalli District, Pudukkottai State, Tirumayyam.

Rock-Cut Siva Temple –At The Entrance, Right Side.

Mar. Tribh. Sundarapandyadeva – 8^th Year.

This is damaged, and the last few lines are built in. It records an allotment of four pieces of land tax-free in favour of four priests of the temple of Tirumeyyattu Mahadeva by the sabha of the place, for the conduct of a festival on the day of Makha in Masi month. This is stated to be in lieu of 30 kalam of paddy they were till now paying to the temple every year evidently as interest on ten palankasu which had been originally invested with them as endowment for the that purpose, by a  samanta (feudatory) of the Chola king Raja raja (III ?) by name Irunjirai-udaiyan. 

No. 429

(A. R. No. 429 of 1906)

Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli Taluk, Manur.

Madai-Nachchiyar Shrine Near The Tank—On A Stone Lying In Front

Mar.Sundara-Pandyadeva – 8+1^st Year

The inscription is damaged. It seems to record a tax-free gift of land made by the Sabha of the place (purpose not clear) at the request of Koral Sendan alias Keraladityadeva of Kudamangalam in Malaimandalam who is stated to be a local officer at Mananilainallur in Kalakkudi-nadu, for the welfare of Buddattiruvadi of Tiruppappur.

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