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Inscription at the Seven Pagodas 



[No. 31 



seized upon his elephants and horses, and having performed lustrations of 

 Victory, — he deigned to sit on his mighty throne ; we the inhabitants of 

 Tinwezjichi, the Devaddnam and Brahmadeyam, (village) in Amurndd 

 of Amurkotta in the prosperous Cholamandalam, do write — that the 

 eastern boundary of the lands which we are to grant as devaddnam free 

 of rent, for the Alwar in the temple of Sri Parameswara Mahdvardha 

 Vishnu, in Mdmallapuram or Janandlhcipura the chief city of this Nad 

 lies Vest of Kommadikundil in the road to the tank Varmackaneri— the 

 'southern boundary (of it): is the north of Pallacheruvti or the land called 

 Xalattuzjdn parama?i mugali — the western boundary (of it) is east of the 

 field (called) Sdttuzjdn Chendra Sekara kirama vittan — and the northern 

 boundary (of it) south to the field (called) Kazjiyan semme mettan 

 kunavan. We have granted for this Devar,the three hundred kuzjis of the 

 land (named) Eramennu within this boundary as devaddnam free of rent, 

 together with the water to irrigate this land from the tank Vannackaneri 

 and also the water channel. — We are to free the cultivators of this land 

 from the payment of the principal (peruvari or ayeen) and sundry (s'ilavari 

 or additional) taxes — and also from forced labour, ( vetti) and the car- 

 rying of burdens and pounding of grain for the food of persons of all 

 descriptions. Thus having agreed, we have granted (this) as devaddnam 

 free of rent. 



I, Bharadwqji Adavaldn, a Siva Bramin of Karpackam in this Nad, 

 wrote this at the request of the inhabitants of Tiruvezjichi. This is my 

 writing. 



This is the writing of P'jddyackiram vittan. 



This is the writing of Devagandta pattan of this kshetram. 



This : Satandei mallen senagan. 



* * * * r (effaced.) 



* * * * OH ndgan Narayanan. 

 This is my writing, * * * * 

 This * * * * of this kshetram. 



***** Pattan. 



I know, this is the writing of Arumhakizjdn kazji irdman, Muven- 

 daueldn of Amur ndd in the prosperous Cholamandalam. 



This is the writing of Tonda Adavaldn the Kanattan of this village. 



In this dndu, Olindgan 3Iaddiyan, Muvendavelan of Amur nad, grant- 

 ed 90 goats, for a lamp to be kept always burning. 



Kdmakbdan selavan, &c. 



The remainder is defaced, 



Two grants to the same temple are here recorded, both made 

 in the same year but by different parties. The opening sen- 



