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Tiruchirappalļi District
435
Findspot
On the pillow of the rock-cut bed in the cavern of the Arunaţtar hill near Valāyudampāļayam..
Dynasty
Chēra (Irumpogai)
King
Ilankațunko
Date
3rd-4th centuries A.D.
Tamil, Brāhmi
Language
and Script
Contents
(The) abode (urai) of Cenkāyapan, a Jaina monk (amaņņan) from Yârfur. (This) stone abode was (caused to be) cut by Ilankatuoko, (the) son of Perunkațuikon, (the) son (of the) king Ātan Cellirumporai, on becoming (the) beir-apparent.
Reference
ARE, 349/1927-28, I. Mahadevan, op.cit., Pugadūr, No. 1, T.V. Mahalingam, op.cit., pp. 279-280.
Remarks
It is of great interest to note that this inscription mentions three persons, in the grand father, father and son relationship, namely Ātan Cellirumporai, Perunkațunkon and. Ilankațůňkon. . They were members of the early Chēra dynasty, referred to in Patirruppattu (Ten Idylls), one of the Sangam classics. Ibid., p. 280.
