Indian Antiquary Vol 58

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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Adour, 1929 ) AN INSCRIPTION OF IRAYA (RAJA SIMHA) CHINKA PERUMAL
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8. Ku kkalappalliyir kilakku kilttirukkôyir (te) va 6. pomikku tterku itinakattu aralar tatukkavuntata 7. máravum pitikai kettilumtantaiyai 'kko 8. pru tayai kalattiram vaichchArdvo9. (iru) patinkol kottirku patinAli ney kotuppatu 10. pattamalar otuttu kolvitu annAlvarufichopra 11. iraiyuntiraiyuókolvitu ivakal chepru 12. vilaiyitta charakkellArunkoļvatu 13. imaifioh vaniyaril manikkiramattarakuňchattampatakanum 14. Iravi Chattapu(m) ivarkaļiruvarkku mirantu murippitikai 18. lunneyyillai irantu kutiyiliruvarkku eppêrppatta i 16. raiyumillai ikkachchattirkuti. 17. kkupaya kanamuntattArkků 18. liyumillai kachchattilkku.
Translation. Hail Prosperity. The plot of ground which the people of the place unanimously gave for building shops to the merchants allotted to Talakkatu by Iraya Chinka Perumal; west of Chirupalli boundary, north of the banian tree, east of Kalappalli, south of the land which belongs to the god of Kilthirukkoyil. Within these boundaries if the chiefs of the village Cause any obstraction or build shope they are committing the sin of killing the father and taking the mother to wife. For a shop of 20 kols of dimension ten nalis of ghee must be given. The lessees shall take it. The rents and taxes fixed by those four persons shall be oollected. All shall buy the articles to which these have fixed prices ....Of these merchants, Chattampatukan and Iravi Chattan, who are Manikkiramakkar, need not give ghi for the two shops. The two persons of these two families need not pay any tax at all. For these resolutions no tax need be paid nor the fee to the goldsmith.
Notes. Iraya Chinka (Raja Simha) Perumal is not known to us except through this inscription.
The boundaries of the land cannot now be identified. Cherupalli is not now known. There is a paddy field oalled Kalappalli Vayal west of the church. There is a temple known as Kilthirukovil at a distance of a mile and a half from the church. Anyhow the land mentioned in the inscription was somewhere near the church.
The land was leased to some persons and they were allowed to collect a certain rate of ghi, rents and taxes fixed by four assessors.
Maniklindmaklodr. Of the merchants allotted to Talakk&tu, two were Chattan Patukan and Iravi Chattan, who were holding the title of Manikkiramakkar and were free from all taxes. In the Kottayam Plate of Vira Raghava we read of the great merchant Iravi Korttan who received the title of Manikkiramam and many privileges.
We, therefore, are led to the conclusion that Iraya Chinka Perumal was in all probability & BUOoBesor of Vira Raghava.
Palmography. The original form of lu which we find in the inscriptions of Rajasekhara, Vira Raghava, Parkara Iravi and, last of all, in one inscription of Maranchataiyan (eighth oentury) is found in this inscription too (line 7). The second stage of its development which we find in the inscriptions of Parkara Iravi (vide my paper, Indian Antiquary, vol. LIII) is found in this also (line 15). But the last stage of its development, which is mostly found in the inscriptions of Parkara Iravi and uniformly in all the subsequent inscriptions, is not to be seen here. This is presumptive evidence for thinking that Iraya Chinka was a prede. consor of Parkara Iravi.
*AY (santaiyaiy), is written by mistake. • It is not Iravi Kottan, as Mr.T. K. Joseph says, but undoubtedly Iravi Chattan.