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(35). 8. The Varahasvami Temple rock-cut inscrip- 

 tion. This is engraved on the rock in a 

 niche alongside the Varahasvami Temple 

 (No. 35) in old Tamil characters. It is 

 dated in the 9th audit (= year) of Koppara- 

 kesari-varma, also called Udaiyar Sri 

 Eajendra Devar, and records two grants 

 of land for the Alvar in the temple of 

 Sri Paramesvara Mahavaraha Vishnu by 

 the people of " Jananathapura which is 

 Mamallapura." By the identification of 

 the prince here mentioned with Vira 

 Rajendra Cola, and other internal evi- 

 dence, the date of this inscription has been 

 determined to be 1073 A.D. 



(59) . 9. This is a short inscription, in the old Tamil 



character, cut on a flat rock level with the 

 ground a little to the north-west of the 

 Atiranacandapallava Mandapa No. 58. 

 It refers to a grant of land to " Ijjagatala 

 Tamanar," which title refers to Atirana- 

 candesvara. (See Carr, p. 120.) 



(60) . 10. This is a rock-cut inscription, in the old 



Tamil character, about 100 yards to the 

 north of the Atiranacanda Mandapa, and 

 has been determined to belong to the year 

 1115 or 1116 A.D. (Carr, pp. 126-141). 

 It records the sale of certain land belong- 

 ing to Pillaiyar or Subrahmanya in the 

 village of Tiruviricilur, by the officers of 

 the Sri Mahesvara Temple and certain 

 officiating Saiva Brahman proprietors, on 

 account of the falling off of the temple 



