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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
(VOL. XXIV.
6 paoni kal[li*]lum sembilum vetti[k*]kolga [1] isvai] B Mapavā[la*]n-pe[ru*]mā! eluttu (1) panmägēbura raiksha (rakshai) [! *]
TRANSLATION. (Lines 1-4) Hail! Prosperity! (In) the Afth year (of our reign), (we) Sakalabhuvapachobakkaravattigal, the prosperous Maņavālap-perumal-Udaiyar, made the village Söndamangalam & military camp, installed (therein) god Vāpilaikandisuram-udaiya-Nayapar, (and, for conducting in this shrine), the service called) Elisaimogap-sandi (which) we (have) instituted to this god, (for celebrating the) Purattādi festival, (and for maintaining) ten sacred perpetual lamps, endowed, as a tax-free tirunāmattukkāņi, (lands) within the four boundaries of (the village) Mogapār Mārapăr (situated) to the north of the river) Gedilam (and) to the west of the kurukāl-vali (pathway marked by kurukäl trees), together with all the) wet and dry crops and other incomes.
(LI. 4-6) Let the (stones bearing the emblem of the sacred trident be fixed in the four boundaries of this village (including) dwelling sites, and (the deed) engraved on stone and copper, so that the gift) may continue in this wise (as long as) the moon and the sun (last). This is) the signature (of) Manavalan-perumāļ.
(This shall be under) the protection of all Mähèsvaras.
No. 7.-REGULATIONS OF THE SABHA FROM TWO UTTARAMALLUR INSCRIPTIONS.
BY K. V. SUBRAHMANYA AIYER, B.A., COIMBATORE.
The early inscriptions of Uttaram allur in the Chengleput District are found to start from the time of the Pallava king Dantivarman and cover the reigns of this king and of his successors, bit., Nandivarman,' Nřipatunga, Kampavarman and Aparajita and of the Chöļa kings Parantaka I. and Rajakesarivarman Aditya who is reported to have captured the Pallava country and extended his dominions into Tondaimandalam after defeating and killing its last king Aparā. jita. The sabhā of the place is referred to in almost all the inscriptions of these kings. And as six records earlier than the time of Parāntaka I., viz., one of Dantivarman,' one of Nripatunga,
1 The letters raikaha are in Grantha.
* They are dated in the 7th, 9th, 10th and 21st years of his reign. See Nos. 368, 359, 334 and 344 of 8.1.1. (Texts), Vol. VI.
Ibid., No. 358 which is dated in the 24th year of reign. This record was written by Vistuvidyamayap Nakkap, son of Karlsvara. No. 333 is in praise of a renowned architect named Paraměsvara, a carpenter of Padagam. The palæography of this record resembles that of an inscription of Paramēsvaravarman II at Mahabalipuram which shows that it might be earlier than the time of Dantivarman. The mention of Paramotvara-vadi made in some of the earliest inscriptions of this place would carry the antiquity of Uttaramallar to the time of the Pallava king Paramébvaravarman II. A Viatuvidyamayap figures as signatory in a rooord registering a grant made by a certain Malliyan Karapai. The latter figures in an inscription of Kampavarman dated in the 8th year of reign. It is worthy of noto also that another record of the same date is said to have been written by Padagattu Peruntachchan Mulläran.
• There are 4 inscriptions of Nripatunga dated in the 16th, 25th and the 26th years of his reign. Ibid., Nos. 346, 368, 367 and 388.
No less than 13 epigraphs belong to Kampavarman's reign. They range in date from the 6th to the 20th year of his reign. Ibid., Nos. 347, 288, 287, 288, 370, 290, 294, 314, 326, 375, 348, 371 and 389.
A grant made in the 14th year of a Rajamarttapdan alias Aparăjita is referred to in No. 850.
Ibid., No. 369, dated in the 9th year of his reign. • Ibid., No. 346.
