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Kidara to exempt the villages belonging to the temple of Eajendrasola- 

 perumballi and Rajarajaperumballi which were built in Solakulavalli- 

 pattana, situated in Pattanakkurru division of the fertile country of 

 Keyamanikkavalanadu from the taxes of antamya, - v'lrasishai, ^ pamnai- 

 pandavefti'^ and kunddli'^ and to permit the exchange of the possession 

 of lands from the old inhabitants to the temple. Thus at the request of 

 the king of Kidara which was reported by his messengers, we graciously 

 issue this order to our agent, Rajarajarauvendavelan, to execute copper 

 plate document to this effect. The lands and prodiice belonging to the 

 temple of Rajarajaperumballi, which was built in Solakulavallipattana 

 in the division of Pattanakkurru of the fertile country of Keyamanik- 

 kavalanadu ; ninety- seven and three-eightieths and a-hundred-and 

 sixtieth ^' {veils '') of land in Anaimangalam of Pattanakkurru are now 

 fixed in the possession of the temple in exchange of the owners with 

 the calculated ^ paddy produce of 8,943 Jmlams, 2 tunis, 1 kurunl, and 

 3 ndlis, and the settled ^ paddy produce of 4,506 kalams ; 12f (velis) of 

 lands given to Brahmans of Anaimangalam with the calculated produce 

 of 400 kalams and the settled paddy produce of 560 kalams ; 27 1 and 

 -g-Q and -Y^-Q (velis) of land in Munjikkudi of this country with the 

 calculated paddy produce of 2,779 kalams, 1 tuni and 4 nails and the 

 settled paddy produce of 1,806 kalams ; 106 y'g (velis) of land in Amur 

 of Tiruvarur division, with the calculated paddy produce of 10,606 

 kalams, 2 turn's and 2 kiirunis and settled produce of 5,850 kalams, 70f 

 and -f-Q (velis) of land in Nanalur, otherwise called Vadakudi of the 

 country of Alanadu, with the calculated paddy produce of 6,514 kalams^ 

 5 kuninis and 1 ndli and the settled paddy produce of 2,840 kalatns. 

 10 ^^ and g'o and ^^-^ and -^^^ and ,2^-0 (velis) of land of Kilachan- 

 dirappadi of this country with the calculated paddy produce of 1,012 

 kalams and 5 kurunis ; 60 1 (velis) of land given as donations to the 

 Brahmans of Palaiyur of this country with the calculated paddy produce 

 of 1,000 kalams and the settled paddy produce of 1,500 kalams. 87| 

 (velis) of land in Puttakkudi of Kurumbur division of the fertile country 

 of Jayankondasolavalanadu with the calculated paddy produce of 8,720 

 kalams 2i\idi the settled paddy produce of 6,107 kalams; 3^1^^ (velis) of 

 land in Udayamarttandanalltir of Idaikkalinadu of the fertile country 

 of Vijayarajendrasolavalanadu with the calculated paddy produce of 12 

 kalams and 5 kurunis and the settled paddy produce of 135 kalams, 3 

 kurunis and the settled dry land paddy produce of 78 kalams and 5 

 kurunis as favorably fixed during the settlement of taxes. Half of this 

 the above stated lands and produce shall be in the enjoyment of this 

 temple and the other half shall cover the several expenses of aniardya, 



^ It may possibly be interpreted import duties. 



^ Fees given to the temple at marriages — a practice which in all Hindu societies con= 

 tinues to this day. 



* Fee for the use of old paths. 



^ Kunddli is an axe for cutting wood (generally fuel wood for use in the houses). It is 

 not plain whether by this the ancient Chola kings also levied a tax on the use of arms, or 

 whether it is a tax on cutting firewood in forests. 



^ The Tamil way of expressing fractions. The mode of expression would be lost if it 

 were translated 97tIo instead of 97-8% and jjo- 



■^ The measurement of land is not given. The grant being in the Tanjore district, 

 according to the way of calculation there we may roughly translate veils. 



^ and 8 Calculated and settled paddy produce. Even now the lands have these 'tWO 

 systems, the former calculated produce having been fixed in past times, 



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