Found this inscription along with Sri. Swaminatha sthapati, from the steps adjacent to Baṅgāru amman shrine at śrī Kāmākṣi temple who resides at the heart of Kāñcīpuram. I astonished by this discovery since this is the first inscription of Rājasiṁha pallava found in a non-pallava period temple at Kāñcīpuram. The inscription is fragmentary and in…
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The following inscription was found on a rock locally called as Aḍukkaṅgal, up the hill near the village Tenmādi Maṅgalam, Polūr taluq. The inscription is in Sanskrit and inscribed in Grantha characters of 10th – 11th CE. The inscription is recorded in the ARE report 1933-34 with the number 50. Since the text is not…
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The following inscription is found near the Gopālakṛṣṇa temple at Bairākūr, Mulbagal taluq, Karṇāṭaka. The inscription is in Tamil and inscribed in Vaṭṭeḹuttu characters. The inscription is fragmentary and denotes the 12th regnal year of Vijaya Īśvara varmā who can be identified as Parameśvara varmā I of Pallava dynasty. The inscription refers to the…
Continue readingWe know that persons belonging to various places donated gold and other thing in temple which were at very distance from their native. Such donation is recorded is seen in the following inscription. The inscription is at the south wall of a Viṣṇu temple of Govindapātī village near Arakkonam. The record belongs to be…
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The following inscription was found on a long stone that was dug up Sri. G. Venkoba Rao from a ruined śiva temple at Coḹapuram. The record is bilingual and starts with Sanskrit and ends with Tamil portion. The Sanskrit portion has 2½ verses and inscribed in Grantha characters of 9th CE. The Tamil portion refers…
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Gaṅgamaṇḍala which was occupied by Coḹa dynasty during 10th CE, was added with fine temples by the then Coḹa rulers. Saptamātṛkā shrine one of such shrines at Kolar that was built by the one of generals of Rājendra Coḹa. This is ascertained by an inscription at the temple. After the usual Mei kīrti, the…
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The following inscription is found on a Vīrakal at Someśvara temple at Baṅgavādi Near Kolar, Karṇāṭaka. The inscription is in Kannada style Tamil and inscribed in Vaṭṭeḹuttu characters. The inscription belongs to the reign of Narasiṃha varmā I of Pallava dynasty. The inscription refers the death of certain servant of Bāṇa king. The name…
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The following inscription is a fragmentary one and fixed into a dam called Mādhavamantri dam Near Talkad, Karṇāṭaka. The inscription is in Tamil and Tamil script. It seems that the stone was taken from a temple at Tālakkāḍ while the dam was built before hundred years. The inscription doesn’t have the starting portion….
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The following inscription was found on a stone at Mālambi, Karṇāṭaka which is referred as Mālavviya in the inscription. The inscription is in Haḷe (old) Kannaḍa language. The inscription belongs to the reign of Rājarāja I of Coḹa dynasty. The inscription refers to the installation of Manījā in the region with the name “Kṣatriya-śikhāmaṇi-Koṅgāḷvān” by…
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The well known sea shore temple at Mahābalipuram too contains an inscription of Rājasiṃha pallava, the builder of the temple. The inscription runs around the plinth of the temple. The inscription is in Sanskrit and written in Grantha letters. The verses are attributing the qualities of the king. The inscription was discovered in 1912 and…
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