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Translation of the detached tamil inscription on plate X

(L. 307.) The northern boundary (of Palaiyanur) lies to the south of (the line) which, leaving this ebony tree on the left side, passes eastwards along this existing boundary until it reaches the ant-hill with the ilandai[1] tree standing at the spot where the north-eastern corner of Anaippakkam joins the south-western corner of Uppur in Perumur-nadu, a hamlet of Singalantaka-chaturvedimangalam in Naduvilmali-Perumur-nadu.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this ant-hill on the right side, passes in a south-easterly direction along the existing southern boundary of Uppur until it reaches the velungu tree standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south and east of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes in a north-easterly direction and (then) northwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the tree called vankanai standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side, passes eastwards and (then) in a south-easterly direction along the existing boundary until it reaches the ant-hill with the karai[2] (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west and south of (the line) which, leaving this to the right, passes southwards and (then) in a south-easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the tree called semmanichchai standing at the spot where the southern boundary of Uppur joins the north-western corner of Kanganerippattu, a hamlet of the above (said) village.  (Further it lies) to the west of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes southwards along the existing western boundary of Kanganerippattu until it reaches the ant-hill standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west and south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes southwards and (then) in a south-easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the velungu tree standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards and (then) in a south-easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the rock with the uga  (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west and south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes southwards and (then) in a south easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the tamarind tree with rock standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west and south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes southwards and (then) in a south-easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the hedge (terri ?) called Senjiyar-terri on the southern boundary of Kanganerippattu.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, passes eastwards along the existing southern boundary of Kanganerippattu until it reaches the fresh water tank of Kanganerippattu.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards and (then) in a north-easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the wood-apple (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards and (then) in a south-easterly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the atti tree standing at the spot where the south-eastern corner of Kanganerippattu joins the north-western corner of Polipakkam in Palaiyanurnadu, a hamlet of the above (said) village.

  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side, passes eastwards along the existing western boundary of this Polipakkam until it reaches the bank of the tank called Kanganeri.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side, passes eastwards along the existing western boundary of this Polipakkam until it reaches the bank of the tank called Kanganeri.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, cutting through this bank and allowing the upper flow of water of this tank, gets up (the bank) in a south-easterly direction (and passes) until it reaches the old channel which proceeding from the sluice of Kanganeri irrigates Palaiyanur, Polipakkam and Kayarpakkam.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, cutting through this channel and allowing the upper flow of water, passes in a south-easterly direction along the existing boundary until it reaches the Amangavaykkal[3] which flows from the Kanganeri (tank).  (Further it lies) to the west and south of (the line) which, cutting through this, passes southwards and (then) eastwards along the existing western boundary of Polipakkam until it reaches the ant-hill with the pullandi (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side, passes eastwards along this existing boundary until it reaches the old channel irrigating Palaiyanur and Polipakkam.  (Further it lies) to the west of (the line) which, cutting through this channel and allowing the water to flow over, passes southwards along this existing boundary until it reaches the ant-hill with the margosa (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side passes southwards along this existing boundary until it reaches the high-level channel mettuvaykkal flowing from the sluice of (the tank) Kanganeri.  (Further it lies) to the north of (the line) which, allowing the water of this channel to flow over cuts through it, and passes in a south-westerly direction along this existing boundary until it reaches the margosa (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes southwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the path leading to Palaiyanur from Kanganeri.   (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, following this same path, passes along the existing boundary in a south-easterly direction (until it) reaches the tamarind (tree) called Kumaranpuli standing on the southern boundary of Polipakkam.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side, follows this same path along the existing boundary in a south-easterly direction and then turns and goes in a north-easterly direction.  (Further it lies) to the east of (the line) which, cutting across this path, passes northwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the tank called Kulivaniyan-eri on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the east of (the line) which, leaving this tank on the right side, passes northwards along the existing eastern boundary of Polipakkam until it reaches the eastern bank of the sacred bathing tank in front of the temple of Mahadeva at Polipakkam.  (Further it lies) to the east of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes northwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the western bank of the well called Mottaikkinaru on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the east of (the line) which, leaving this well on the right side, passes northwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the margosa (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards and (then) in a north-easterly direction along the existing boundary until it reaches the ant-bill standing on the eastern ridge of the field called Nochcikkaluval on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the ant-hill standing in the south-western corner of Kayarpakkam.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards and then in a north-easterly direction and (then again) eastwards along the existing southern boundary of this (village of) Kayarpakkam until it reaches the velungu tree standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this on the left side, passes eastwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the ant-hill standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the east and south of (the line) which, leaving this on the right side, passes northwards and then eastwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the stout margosa (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the west and south of (the line) which, leaving this margosa on the left side, passes southwards and eastwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the mound with the margosa (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the east and south of (the line) which, leaving this mound on the right side, passes northwards and (then) eastwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the well called Amanpatti-kinaru at the spot where the south-eastern corner of Kayarpakkam joins the south-western corner of Kulapadi in Perumur-nadu, a hamlet of the above (said) village.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this well on the right side, passes in a north-easterly direction and (then) eastwards along the existing southern boundary of this Kulapadi, until it reaches the pond called Kurundurai-madu.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, allowing the upper flow of water of this (pond), cuts this right across and (then) getting up, passes in a north-easterly direction and then eastwards along the existing boundary until it reaches the ant-hill with the uga (tree) standing on this boundary.  (Further it lies) to the south of (the line) which, leaving this ant-hill on the right side, passes in a north-easterly direction and (then) eastwards along the existing southern boundary of Kulapadi until it reaches the ant-hill with the uga (tree) standing on this boundary.  And (further) leaving this on the right side, (the boundary) passes  eastwards
along the existing southern boundary of Kulapadi and reaches the spot where it first started.