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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Besides Vīrasaṅgāta-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, the following geographical items are mentione.1 :─
Of these, Kāṅgayam, which has given its name to a subdivision, exists under the same name and is 18 miles north of Dhārāpuram.[1] Kāṅgaya-nāḍu forms the northern part of the Dharapuram Taluk lying between the Noyyal and Nelali. Veḷḷakal is the modern village of Veḷḷkōyil, 11 miles ESE of Kāṅgayam and 18 miles NE of Dhārāpuram.[2] Vēḷḷānūr is a hamlet neat it. One of the inscription of Kōnāpuram in the Dharapuram Taluk mentions Parāntakapuram alias Rājarājapuram,[3] and another of the time of Kṛishṇadēva-mahārāja calls Rājarājapuram as the capital of Kaṅgu-maṇḍalam.[4] The place is evidently Dhārāpuram. Villiyanūr is not traceable. Ayirūr is one of the three places where the early pāṇḍya king Neḍuñjaḍaiyan defeated the Adigamān of Tagaḍūr, the others being Pugaliyūr and Āyiravēli. The subdivision of Mala-nāḍu had in it Māgāṇikkuḍi and Māṅguḍi and its situation was to the north of the Kāvērī river. As regards the villages mentioned in Ollaiyūr-kūrram, see above Vol. XXV, p. 95. Maṇikaṇṭha-maṅgalam is not traceable.
I.─Koḍuvāy Inscription of the 14th year of Vīraśōla-Kalimūrkkap-Perumāḷ The subjoined inscription[5] in Vaṭṭeluttu characters and Tamil language is engraved behind an image in the central shrine of the Viṇṇirainda-Perumāḷ temple at Koḍuvāy. It is damaged, and relates to the construction of a well by a resident of Kōnāḍu. TEXT[6] 1 Svasti śrī [||*]
______________________________________________________________ [1] Sewell’s List, Vol. I, p. 219.
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