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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
NALLUR GRANT OF HARIHARA II. is a Sanskṛitised form of the well-known Toṇḍai-maṇḍalam, the ancient Tamil name of the Pallava country. Though the word Toṇḍîra-maṇḍala does not stand before Chandragiri-mahârâjya, it appears from the two Madras Museum grants quoted above,1 that the latter was considered as a portion of the former, just as the Paḍavîḍu-râjya was according to a later Vijayanagara inscription.2 The granted village lay to the north of Chiruvâpurî, to the south of Panappâka, to the west of Toranallûri, and to the south-west of the Araṇî river. Of these boundaries, the villages of “Panappakkam” and “Toranullur” are in the Ponnêrî Tâlukâ,3 and the Âraṇi river passes through the same tâlukâ. Consequently, the village of Nallûr must be looked for in the Ponnêrî tâlukâ. On the Ponnêrî Taluk Map there is a village called Vaḍakku-Nallûr (No. 124), and to the north-west of the Âraṇi river, to the south of Śevuṭṭu-Panappâkkum (No. 125), and to the south-west of Turanallûr (No. 123), which is probably the same as the “Toranallur” of the Chingleput Manual and the Toranallûri of the inscription. Though the remaining boundary, Chiruvâpurî, is not found on the Taluk Map, Vaḍakku-Nallûr may be safely identified with Nallûri or Śrînallûr, the village granted by the inscription.
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......1 See p. 119, note 4.
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