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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 493
Village
Tondür
Taluk
Gingee
District
South Arcot
Findspot
the Chéri in
the
On a boulder near Village.
Dynasty
Chola
King
Parakē sarivarman
Date
3rd regnal year (A.D.10th century characters)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Records that the village Guņanërimangalam alias Valuvāmoli Ārandamangalam together with some garden lands and wells at Toņļūr and Valuvamo!ipperumpaļļi Vilagam were left incharge of the Jaina teacher Vajrasinga-Ilamperumānadigal of Parambūr, as paļlichchandam by the chief Viņņakovaraiyan Vayirimalaiyan.
Reference
ARE, 83/1934-35, SII, Vol. XIX, No. 80
Remarks
Vinpakovaraiyan seems to be a local chieftain ruling over some parts of the present Gingee taluk. Topdür was a Jaina settlement in the medieval period and a hill near by the village contains an image of Pārsvanātha and a few rock-cut beds in a cavern,
