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No. 11
Achrya Samantabhadra and Patliputra
manuscripts was no other than Pataliputra or Patalipur, the ancient name in Tamil language was "THIRUPADARIPULIYUR", the corrupt form of which is "Thiruppapuliyur" the present town of CUDDALORE, the headquarter of the South Arcot Dist. of the Madras Presidency
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In my tour in the last January 46, I visited the town of Cuddalore and made survey of the most ancient sites of the old city of Pataliputra. The "PETTAI" is the very ancient suberb of the town, nearly two miles away. There is a very old Jain idol nearly 4 ft. high in Padmasan posture, placed in the premises of a private person of Mandom Village, who celebrate the function supposing it the idol of Visnu. The idol is placed on a raised platform under a big tree. It is coated with dark coating, due to the applying oil by the villagers at the time of worship. No animal sacrifice is made before the said idol, the identity of the idol having not known by them. From here a straight road goes to "THRIAHINDRAPURAM" a very ancient site, at the foot of a hill 100 ft. in height on the bank of the river Gadilam. There are several ruins and relics of the old times, spread all over area of 12-15 miles of the old city of Pataliputra. There are ancient caves, temples, palaces, shrines, Mathasmonastaries etc, in ruins buried under earth and debries, showing their existence in the past by old pillars and stone out of the said ruins. The main temple of Visnu is also ancient and main shrine dates to the Pallav period and fine specimen of ancient artitecture is seen. The river Gadilam that flows on the North of Thiruppapuliyur at present used to run by the South of it in olden says, along with the Eastern Ghat Valley and even today we can notice the bed of the river, which is very fertile land under cultivation at present. Visit to this place will quite convince a person that river was flowing on the South of the town in olden days. Some years before there was one Jain Idol in the premises of the temple. but it is not found now. This idol was brought from the ruins in the part of the place."
8. Prof: A. F. Rudolf Hornel-Reports on the Archaeplogical Survey of India Vol No. 1906-0-7.
9. Epigrafica India Vol No. 6 and Vol 331.
