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No. 43]
TWO TAMIL INSCRIPTIONS FROM PUNGANUR
4 ürkku Pon ku[du]ttu
5 0[ra*]var[ri] viduvichchen
6 Tigai-yai(yi)ra [t*]taiññürr1u
7 nagara I'sva(va)ra3pichchan 8.idu anrenban
9 Gengai-iḍai Kumari-iḍai
10 seydän päva[*] kolvä [*] i
11 tta[n]mam ira [kshi]ppan sri (ért)pä
12 dam en talai mella(la)na [1*]
13 ittapmam*) [id]
14 vilangi aprāl
15 kōvukku nisadam k[ä*]l
16 pon danḍipada o
17 tți kuduttom [Pu] n
18 [ga]nür Ürröm (Ürōm) ira
19 [kship]pār sipädam en talai 20 [m]l-apa [*]
1 [Sva Isti éri [||] Sakara ya
2 [n]du 9 t-ävadu Ila
3 darayan Taṭṭāļan ma
4 gan Anaiyammaņē
Punganur nan kan
da Paramandala[dittap']
5
6
7 pērērikku ivvürir kan
8 palakkāpamum Urppa9 dinkadiyum pidānāļiyum
10 ivvirp-Paramaydala). 11 [dittap] pērērikku ni.. 12 nmamagach-che [ydén lä] 13 darayan Anaiyamma14 nen [1] id-alippår [Gad]
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B. TEXT
Front Side
Back Side
1 The letter nu is written abnormally. Read Itvara.
The letter r is engraved in Grantha.
Two letters are erased here. Probably the letters pen were originally engraved.
The letters ra and aripa are in Grantha.
The slab is broken here.
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The slab is so split into two that the beginnings of lines 6 and 7 are on the top plece, while the ends of these lines are on the lower piece.
This portion may be filled up with the letters rka da.
