Epigraphia Indica Vol 33

SR No.: 032587
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D C Sircar
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1959
Total Pages: 514
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 29 MB

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TIPPASAMUDRAM INSCRIPTION OF KAMPA-VIKRAMAVARMAN,
YEAR 17
to the solar race, in which Gunaratnasindhu of the family of Sagara-Virāța was born. His son Was Anigopa, grandson Kampadigal, great-grandson Tattālar and great-great-grandson Anaiyamman. We get a Saka date, viz. [88]9, for this last chief in an inscription from Pungapūr. With the help of the date in this inscription, we can assign Apigöpa and Kampadigal, the great-grandfather and grandfather of Anaiyamman, to the period of the inscription under study. An undated record attributable to the 9th century, mentions one Aņigāvan Orriyūr-pirāțţi, daughter of Vilāqarāyar and wife of Vayiramēga Vāņakovaraiyar. The first name Aņigāvan and her being the daughter of a Vilādarāyar seem to indicate that she was the daughter of Anigopa. Probably Ilãdapperundēvi of our record was a daughter of one of these two chiefs.
Pangala-nādu seems to have included portions of the present taluks of Polur and Velur in the North Arcot District. The village of Tippasamudram appears to have been originally called Valivalakkamangalam. An inscription belonging to the Vijayanagara period refers to the place as Valiviļattimangalam alias Tippasamudram. It is fairly certain that the name Valiviļattimangalam itself is a corruption of Valivalakkamangalam. The modern name of Tippasamudram might have been derived from the lake referred to in the inscription.
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First Side
1 Svasti sri [ll*] Ko-visaiya-Ka2 mpavikkiramaparumarku ya3 ndu padiş-alāvadu 4 i-nnādudaiya Prithiya. 5 ngaraiyarum ivar-de6 viyār Ilādapperundē7 viyarum tangal maga[!] 8 Ayyakkuțţi-adigaļukku
Second Side
9 i-vviruvarum seyda 10 dha[r]mmam Valivalakkamanga
1 Above, Vol. XXVIII, pp. 267 ff. • The name Kampadigal may suggest that the chief had some connections with Kampavarman. • A. R. Bp., 1934-35, No. 233 ; see plate facing page 76.
• It is possible that this Vayiramēga Vapakðvaraiyar was identical with th, homonymous person mentioned as the son of Perunangai alias Sami Akkan figuring in two inscriptions dated in the 4th regoal year of Aparajita (XII, Vol. XII, Nos. 87 and 88).
4. R. Bp., 1939-40, No. 173. . From impressions.